Mark Dickman

“(law is) the pretty branding instrument invented by the overfed to protect themselves against the hungry ?”
― Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

“Nothing appears more surprizing to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.”
― David Hume, Essays: Moral, Political and Literary

“Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
― Immanuel Kant

“A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.”
― David Hume