Famous quotes containing the words base and/or court:
“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice—however much we might desire it.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)