Any Quotes (page 189)
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(…) But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal (…) that institution, gentlemen, is a court. It can be the Supreme Court or the United States or the humblest J.P. court in the land, or this honorable court which you serve. Out courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal
Harper Lee
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made he (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one...that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other...
Mark Twain
As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to chops and sausages. Quite why they should dress up for children’s wallpaper as well was a mystery. Hello, little folk, this is what you’re going to eat… He felt that if only he could find the key to it, he’d know a lot more about human beings.
Terry Prachett
