Cicero’s Laws for Historians
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The first law is that the historian shall never dare to set down what is false; the second that he shall never dare to conceal the truth; the third that there shall be no suspicion in his work of either favouritism or prejudice.
Kipling’s Laws of the Jungle
Rudyard Kipling
Now these are the Laws of the Jungle and many and mighty are they; / But the head and the hoof of the Law and the haunch and the hump is - Obey!
Krauthammer’s Tirana Index
Charles Krauthammer
The higher the vote any government wins in an election, the more tyrannical it is.
Torquemada’s Law
Tomás de Torquemada
When you are right you have a moral duty to impose your will upon anyone who disagrees with you.
Van der Post’s Observation
Laurens van der Post
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
White’s First Rule
E. B. White
If a man is in health, he doesn’t need to take anyone else’s temperature to know where he is going.
Williams’ Law
Alexander S. Williams
There is more law in the end of a policeman’s nightstick than in a decision of the Supreme Court.
The Principle of Displaced Hassle
Marshall L. Smith
To beat the bureaucracy, make your problem their problem.
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