“One who does a thing in order to avoid a monetary penalty does not agree; he yields to compulsion precisely the same as though he did so to avoid a term in jail."[Justice George Sutherland, in the majority opinion for the Carter Coal case]”
“The great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.”
“[My husband] can beat most anyone in Trivial Pursuit, but only because the game does not include questions like "Where is your wallet?”
“Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.”
“Sane people did what their neighbours did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.”
“Avoidance of lunacy is an insufficient agenda."-George Will on Ronald Reagan, 3-6-1987”
“No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.”