Category: Thought

If a man appears as a witness, but withdraws his oath, he must make payment, to the extent of the value in litigation of the case.

The Code of Ur-​Nammu, 21st century B.C.

We are a nationwide organization of people looking for clues.

Owen “The Hammer,” of the “Hammered Out” YouTube channel, in “‘Twin Peaks’ Explained, Part Three: Cooper Cooper Cooper,” describing the “Twin Peaks” fanbase. The next line is “We are a federal bureau of investigation.”

Who overcomes 
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book One (1667).

While I support legal immigration, no one likes line skippers at Disney World or the border. Legal citizens who are here pursuant to our laws should have the right to vote — no one else.

West Virginia State Senator Mike Stuart, as quoted in “Proposed amendment to add U.S. citizenship to W.Va. voting requirement passes House,” West Virginia Record (February 7, 2024).

There are people with whom everything they consider a means turns mysteriously into an end. 

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991) § 428.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Titus Livius, History of Rome, Book I, §17.