“If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.”
Learned Hand (1872–1961) American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge
To The New York Legal Aid Society (16 February 1951).
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“"Thou shalt not get found out" is not one of God's commandments, and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.”
Reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 511.
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“Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.”
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“I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore.”
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
As quoted in The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners (2004) by Geoff Tibballs, p. 206
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Ben Salmon (1889–1932) American activist
Letter To President Wilson http://archive.org/details/LetterToWilson1917 (June 5, 1917) by Ben Salmon <br class="br">Context: Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable. … The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. … When human law conflicts with Divine law, my duty is clear. Conscience, my infallible guide, impels me to tell you that prison, death, or both, are infinitely preferable to joining any branch of the Army.
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
Samuel Butler's Notebooks (1912) self censored "d_____d" in original publication
Context: It is the manner of gods and prophets to begin: "Thou shalt have none other God or Prophet but me." If I were to start as a God or a prophet I think I should take the line: "Thou shalt not believe in me. Thou shalt not have me for a God. Thou shalt worship any d_____d thing thou likest except me." This should be my first and great commandment, and my second should be like unto it.