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- #3528. The law respects form less than substance.
- California Civil Code, "Maxims of Jurisprudence"
- #3529. That which ought to have been done is to be regarded as done.
- California Civil Code, "Maxims of Jurisprudence"
- Politics: "The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- #1597. Everything is deemed possible except that which is impossible in the nature of things.
- California Civil Code, "Object of a Contract"
- Voting for the right is doing nothing for it.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "An Essay on Civil Disobedience," 1849.
- An honest election, under democracy, is an act of innocence which does not take place more than once in the history of a given nation.
- Jose Marie Gil Robles, speech in Madrid, 1933
- I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
- W.C. Fields
- Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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