Sophocles -- Oedipus at Colonus, l. 839 [tr. Fitzgerald (1941)]

Dave — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:54:22 +0000

What you cannot enforce,
Do not command!

Sophocles (496–406 BC) Greek tragic playwright
Oedipus at Colonus, l. 839 [tr. Fitzgerald (1941)]

Einstein, Albert -- “My First Impression of the U.S.A.” (1921)

Dave — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:26:05 +0000

The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in the United States is closely connected with this.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-American physicist
“My First Impression of the U.S.A.” (1921)

Later published as "Some Notes on my American Impressions" in The World As I See It (1949)

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Sophocles -- Oedipus at Colonus, l. 839 [tr. Fitzgerald (1941)]

Einstein, Albert -- “My First Impression of the U.S.A.” (1921)