What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.

Quote by Mario Puzo

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Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And...

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And...

I believe in America. America's made my fortune.

I believe in America. America's made my fortune.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.

Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty...

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty...

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and...

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and...

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and...

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and...

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on...

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on...

A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.

A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby...

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby...

That which is not just is not law.

That which is not just is not law.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the...

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the...

The lawyer's first thought in the morning is how to handle the case of the...

The lawyer's first thought in the morning is how to handle the case of the...

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go...

Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...