In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns. The Godfather Watch The Godfather at Amazon Watch The Godfather at Amazon Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Beautiful women Sicily Italy Speaker Calo Actor Franco Citti Source The Godfather Medium Film Genre Crime (film) Crime Language Italian Time 1972 1970s 20th century Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972. Citation text copied to clipboard.
Another quote from the 1970s Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. John Rawls There are no other quotes by this person in the Bon Mots database. A Theory of Justice There are no other quotes from this source in the Bon Mots database. Show More Info Buy A Theory of Justice at Amazon Buy A Theory of Justice at Amazon Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Justice Political theory Author John Rawls Source A Theory of Justice Genre Political literature Philosophical literature Language English Time 1971 1970s 20th century Authentication Score 3 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice. Belknap Press, 1971, ch. 1, sect. 1. Citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info
Another quote originally in Italian The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms; and as there cannot be good laws where the state is not well armed, it follows that where they are well armed they have good laws. Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince Show More Info Buy The Prince at Amazon Buy The Prince at Amazon Read The Prince at Project Gutenberg Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Government Political theory Law Author Niccolo Machiavelli Source The Prince Medium Treatise Genre Political literature Philosophical literature Language Italian Time 1532 1530s 16th century Authentication Score 2 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info