“It is a disparagement of the Government, who put an ill man into office.”
John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) (1642–1710) English lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England
Regina v. Langley (1703), 2 Raym. 1029.
“Keitel is nobody but the man who runs my office.”
To Adolf Hitler. Quoted in "Underground Humour in Nazi Germany" - Page 69 - by Fritz Karl Michael Hillenbrand - 1995
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Jodi Picoult (1966) Author
Source: Mercy
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Variant translation: The man who runs away will fight again.
Monosticha.
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[29 June 2007, http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/29/8123/83327, "Why I Declined My Congressional Health Coverage", Daily Kos, 2007-07-21]
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