Michael Dobson |
February 7
Social
“There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to the furniture of their pockets.”
Charles Dickens, author
born February 7, 1812
Michael Dobson |
June 18
Social
"There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else."
C. H. K. Curtis, magazine publisher
born June 18, 1850
Michael Dobson |
June 19
Social
"It is not power that corrupts us but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner
born June 19, 1945
Michael Dobson |
June 20
Social
"I like my whisky old and my women young."
Errol Flynn, actor
born June 20, 1909
Michael Dobson |
June 21
Social
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
Reinhold Niebuhr, theologian
born June 21, 1892