“Rules are made to be broken and exceptions can be made.”
Why Libertarian Gary Johnson must be included in debates (August 11, 2016)
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“Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.”
Reported in William A. Ganoe, MacArthur Close-Up (1962), p. 137
Ex parte Motley et uxor (1801), 1 Bos. & Pull. 456.
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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XVII, Section I, p. 168
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“I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.”
Source: De Profundis
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006)
“There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.”
“You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.”