“How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Unuttered Words,” p. 59
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“Amnesty, n. The state’s magnaminity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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Ismail Mahomed (1931–2000) South African judge
Justice Ismail Mahomed, S v Makwanyane (6 June 1995).
“A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay”
Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) Venezuelan military and political leader, South American libertador
Letter from Jamaica (Summer 1815)
Context: A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it disregards the principles which it should preserve, and finally degenerates into despotism. The distinguishing characteristic of small republics is stability: the character of large republics is mutability.
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
I intend to pass one of the biggest middle class tax cuts ever — paid for by making those at the top pay their fair share.
Source: https://whdh.com/news/democrats-look-to-tax-people-earning-more-than-400k-no-one-else-for-3-5-trillion-bill/ Democrats look to tax people earning more than $400K, no one else for $3.5 trillion bill (September 14, 2021)
John Stuart Mill book Principles of Political Economy
Principles of Political Economy (1848), Book V, Chapter XI, §13
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: ... there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.
Source: The Book Thief
Donald Rumsfeld (1932) U.S. Secretary of Defense
Pentagon briefing, March 20, 2003 http://www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=2072 <br class="br">2000s
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly
“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist