Maxioms Pet

X
  •   10  /  20  

    Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces. - "Usenet posting in talk.politics.guns".

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  8  /  6  

It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which read more

It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

  ( comments )
  9  /  14  

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

  ( comments )
  4  /  21  

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not read more

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered...

  ( comments )
  1  /  11  

Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing read more

Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing wrong.

  ( comments )
  3  /  19  

If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.

If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.

  ( comments )
  5  /  13  

Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.

Crime wouldn't pay if the government ran it.

  ( comments )
  17  /  17  

I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to read more

I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

  ( comments )
  2  /  22  

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of read more

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

  ( comments )
  21  /  16  

The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, read more

The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.

Maxioms Web Pet