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• The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law. -- Alex Levi
• The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
  -- Thomas Paine, "Age of Reaso...
• A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli...
• Nought shall prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
  -- Wordsworth...
• I think they will be very effective in keeping Catholic legislators away from the Communion rail.
  -- Idaho Senator Mike Blackbird, about ecclesiastical sanctions against politicia...
• and the world's smartest man means no more to me than its smartest termite.
  -- Dr. Manhattan against Adrian Veidt, in WATCHMEN...
• Now is the time for everyone who believes in the rule of reason to speak up against pathological science and its purveyors.
  -- John A. Wheele...
• Grig (the navigator): ... so you see, it's just the two of us against the entire space armada.
  Alex (the gunner): What?!? Grig: I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against overwhelming odds....
• The right of the people to be secure in their perso
  houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized....