"There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals."

Society, Being, Concern

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"If a moneyed man had a "corny mind, a flatterer would immediately start chasing him like a hungry hen!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Society, Truth, Power, Regret, Social

"An honest government is the childish dream of the gullible men!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"A country where women are not free has no chance ever to be something good and respectable!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"It is better to go near the truth and be imprisoned than to stay with the wrong and roam about freely, master Galilei. In fact, getting attached to falsity is terrible slavery, and real freedom is only next to the right."

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Society, Truth, Power, Freedom, Life

"Injustice in the end produces independence."

Voltaire, French Writer

Society, End, Independence, Injustice

"Society therefore is an ancient as the world."

Voltaire, French Writer

Society, World

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Society, Insanity, Nations

"Foulmouthed individuals seem to have their neuron systems replaced by colon structures, given that their terminology profusely consists of "sht and fck". ['Tolerance zero']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Society, Language, Communication, Humor

"The walls, where there was room, were well decorated with calendars and posters showing bright, improbable girls with pumped-up breasts and no hips - blondes, brunettes and redheads, but always with this bust development, so that a visitor of another species might judge from the preoccupation of artist and audience that the seat of procreation lay in the mammaries. Alice Chicoy...who worked among the shining girls, was wide-hipped and sag-chested and she walked well back on her heels...She was not in the least jealous of the calendar girls and the Coca-Cola girls. She had never seen anyone like them, and she didn't think anyone ever had."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Society, Appearance, Jealousy, Identity

"Relations are simply a tedious pack of people who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you."

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"Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change."

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"Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to."

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"The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy."

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"If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King."

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"A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both."

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"If a moneyed man had a "corny mind, a flatterer would immediately start chasing him like a hungry hen!"

"An honest government is the childish dream of the gullible men!"

"A country where women are not free has no chance ever to be something good and respectable!"

"It is better to go near the truth and be imprisoned than to stay with the wrong and roam about freely, master Galilei. In fact, getting attached to falsity is terrible slavery, and real freedom is only next to the right."

"Injustice in the end produces independence."

"Society therefore is an ancient as the world."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."

"Foulmouthed individuals seem to have their neuron systems replaced by colon structures, given that their terminology profusely consists of "sh*t and f*ck". ['Tolerance zero']"

"Relations are simply a tedious pack of people who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die."

Explore more quotes by Ramsey Clark

"A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you."

"The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say."

"Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change."

"Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to."

"The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy."

"If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King."

"I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify."

"Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?"

"Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves."

"A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both."

"Foulmouthed individuals seem to have their neuron systems replaced by colon structures, given that their terminology profusely consists of "sht and fck". ['Tolerance zero']"