“Disarmament without checks is but a shadow — and a community without law is but a shell.”

“Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“Inigo is, without a shadow of a doubt, a player.”

Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager

“Law And Freedom without Violence (Anarchy)
Law And Violence without Freedom (Despotism)
Violence without Freedom And Law (Barbarism)
Violence with Freedom And Law (Republic)”

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher

“… I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.”

John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States

“The community of the Giver had achieved at such great price. A community without danger or pain. But also, a community without music, color or art. And books.”

Lois Lowry book The Giver

“Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death”

Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor

“People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.”

Henning Mankell book The Troubled Man

“Without community, there is no liberation.”

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist

“Every seed goes through the tremendous struggle of losing itself – losing its safety and integrity and becoming vulnerable to every outside force that’s around. But without that vulnerability, without the breaking, without the shedding of the shell, life won’t sprout.”

Sadhguru (1957) Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian