Eliot Ness quotes
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“Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want.”
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“Never stop fighting till the fight is done.”
-- Eliot NessSource : "Fictional character: Eliot Ness". "The Untouchables", 1987.
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“Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!”
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“You think, eventually, that nothing can disturb you and that your nerves are impregnable. Yet, looking down at that familiar face, I realized that death is something to which we never become calloused.”
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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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“Law that shocks equity is reason's murderer.”
Source : Voltaire, Aaron Hill (1797). “Merope: A Tragedy”, p.50
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“There is no justice in following unjust laws.”
Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press
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“Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes.”
Source : Aaron Hill (1760). “The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq”, p.21
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“Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live.”
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Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life”, p.25, Shambhala Publications
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