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Massad Ayoob Quotes: ...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.
         

...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.


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The way to reason with a predator is to make it aware that it can live in a cage, or it can die, but it can no longer prey upon us.



I resent 'experts' who have never faced deadly threat, yet who tell me - and you - that we should not consider a response of equal power against those who would threaten our lives.

I resent 'experts' who have never faced deadly threat, yet who tell me - and you - that we should not consider a response of equal power against those who would threaten our lives.



The Second Amendment isn't about duck hunting or target shooting.

The Second Amendment isn't about duck hunting or target shooting.



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Remember: once you have ascertained that you are dealing with hostile intruders, the staircase becomes a free-fire zone.



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A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man.



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Big things in the glory of the world mean nothing. Small things in glory of God mean everything. Truly..., size doesn't matter in this world or in the world to come.

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Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.



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We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.



He is brilliant - to the top of his boots.

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She had the kind of fingers you want to interlace with your own.

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We must slow down to a human tempo and we’ll begin to have time to listen.




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