Quote of the Day for 2016-06-22

"What is hateful to thee, do not unto thy fellow; this is the whole law. All the rest is a commentary to this law."

— Hillel the Elder (circa 110-10 BCE) Quoted in the Talmud, "Tractate Shabbat," chapter 2

La Justice by Bernard d'Agesci

Quote of the Day for 2016-05-04

"Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made."

— John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) Quoted in "An Impeachment Trial" by the editors of The Chronicle, University of Michigan (March 17, 1869)

Street art by Mogul, in Stockholm, Sweden

Quote of the Day for 2016-04-23

"To the end, it may be a government of laws and not of men."

— John Adams (1735-1826) Constitution of Massachusetts, part 1, article 30 (1780)

Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney during a farewell ceremony for Rumsfeld at the Pentagon (December 15, 2006) Photograph by Stefan Zaklin

Quote of the Day for 2016-04-08

"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."

— Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) "A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind" (1707)

Dick Cheney listening to another speaker during the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, DC (June 2, 2008) Photograph by Saul Loeb

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-09

"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."

— Abigail Adams (1744-1818) Letter to John Adams, March 31, 1776

The Women's Strike for Equality march down Fifth Ave. in New York City (August 26, 1970) Photo by Bob Adelman