“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.”~Louis D. Brandeis American lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis was born on this day in 1856.
“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.”~Louis D. Brandeis American lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis was born on this day in 1856.
“I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility… There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges.”~Harry A. Blackmun American lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice, Harry A. Blackmun was born on … Continue reading Random Quote for November 12, 2025
“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”~William Proxmire American politician William Proxmire was born on this day in 1915.
“There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.”~Kate Seredy American writer and illustrator Kate Seredy was born on this day in 1899.
Once more, I delved into my Story Engine cards. This time, I drew cards that led to a scoundrel who wants to get revenge using a complex forgery, but he’ll have to keep a promise he’s been avoiding. Gavyn Voss never ignored a grudge, especially one as personal as the one between himself and Lord … Continue reading Ink of Vengeance
“He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.”~William Wirt American lawyer, politician, author, and 9th United States Attorney General William Wirt was born on this day in 1772.
“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.”~Albert Camus French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist Albert Camus was born on this day in 1913.
“Evil news fly faster still than good.”~Thomas Kyd English playwright Thomas Kyd was baptized on this day in 1558.
“For the exploitation of human greed, they have devised comparison and competition. Right from childhood on, we are indoctrinated to compare and compete, and there is a word, a phrase: ‘free and fair competition.’”~Lobsang Tenzin Tibetan Buddhist monk and politician Lobsang Tenzin was born on this day in 1937.
“No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.”~Benjamin Robbins Curtis American lawyer, … Continue reading Random Quote for November 04, 2025
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