Person Lawfully Sworn

Famous quotes containing the words person, lawfully and/or sworn:

    At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    If any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
    Book Of Common Prayer, The. Solemnization of Matrimony, “Exhortation,” (1662)

    The world is not dialectical—it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.
    Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)