Discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes. – Marcel Proust, French novelist The 15th century code for empire-building was ‘land ahoy,’ shouted by the ship’s watch to inform the weary seafaring crew that land has been spotted. Whether or not the ship’s captain and
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.– Ida B. Wells, founder of the NAACP Civil wrongs invariably happen when civil rights are distorted and decimated in litigated cases. Civil rights are property rights within the scope and substance of Article 13 Federal Constitution
For what avail the plough or the sail, or land or life, if freedom fail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist THE greatest fear facing mankind is for some superior sovereign to define, decide and deliver freedom either through public policy manifest in written laws and constitutions, or by sheer
Every unnecessary law helps fashion the noose we will ultimately be hung by. – A.E. Samaan, investigative historian A salami attack, first coined in the 1940s by Hungarian politicians, imposes small, incremental changes to a system to steal small amounts of money or resources. The changes are often so small
Wisdom is evidenced when correcting mistakes; unsound mind is evidenced when defending faults. – Huineng, 7th century monk MANY world leaders, past and present, are known to have endured some degree of mental incapacitation best known to their inner circles and a discerning public. Usually, the truth surfaces after these
Law without justice is a wound without a cure. – Anonymous All international treaties, covenants, pacts, proclamations, declarations and Executive Orders must pass muster within the confines of three Latin maxims, viz, primum non nocere, (first, do no harm), erga omnes (rights, duties and obligations owed toward all under international
To dare a thought is to risk being wrong. – James Dale Davidson, American investment writer Your first contract with government is triggered by your birth certificate. Your inalienable sovereign status denies you a certificate of conception that becomes irrelevant in the cacophony of citizenship. You may be a sovereign
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. — Julius Caesar, Roman dictator It is the sine qua non of governments to break, besiege, or bend laws to seize power. It’s their inherent call of nature. The governed are mandated to obey the law,
There is a great deal of ruin in a nation. – Adam Smith, Scottish economist The required form or substance of identification is a passport or an identification card with a recent photograph. Will a birth certificate with a newborn infant’s photograph on it be accepted by any government agency
The apotheosis of the controlling mind is monstrous and terrifying. – Stewart Stafford, American author Control freaks traditionally tend to have a psychological need to be in charge of things and people — even circumstances that cannot be controlled. The need for control, in extreme cases, stems from deeper psychological
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