Marx’s Third Law
Karl Marx
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
McLaughry’s Law
James McLaughry
To make an enemy, do someone a favour.
Mencken’s Law of Social Reform
H. L. Mencken
Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretence of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.
Michael’s Law of Advocacy
Jerome Michael
If you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts. If you have the law on your side, hammer the law. If you have neither the facts nor the law, hammer the table (attributed to Columbia Law School professor Jerome Michael).
Miller’s Law
Bryan Miller
The quality of food in restaurants is in inverse proportion to the number of signed celebrity photographs on the walls.
Montagu’s Motto
Mary Wortley Montagu
General notions are generally wrong.
Nehru’s Law
Jawaharlal Nehru
Even in politics, an evil action has evil consequences. That, I believe, is the law of Nature as precise as any law of physics or chemistry.
Nixon’s Law
Richard M. Nixon
When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.
Nowlan’s Deduction
Anon
Following the path of least resistance is what makes men and rivers crooked.
Papagiannis’s Law
Michael Papagiannis
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
