A man got to have a code.

Omar Little

The Wire

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Moral principles Moral theory

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Omar Little

Actor

Michael Kenneth Williams

Source

The Wire

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TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

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"Unto Others." The Wire, written by David Simon and William F. Zorzi and Ed Burns, directed by Anthony Hemingway, season 4, episode 7, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2006.

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What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party.

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Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Thrasymachus

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Plato
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Republic
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Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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Always be closing.

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Glengarry Glen Ross. Directed by James Foley, Zupnik Enterprises, 1992.

Another quote from The Wire

We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket.

Frank Sobotka

The Wire

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Frank Sobotka
Actor
Chris Bauer
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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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"Bad Dreams." The Wire, written by David Simon and George Pelecanos and Joy Kecken, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, season 2, episode 11, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2003.

Another quote of the following type Precepts and axioms

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud

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Moral theory
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The Talmud
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Hebrew
Time
200 200s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Talmud. Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:9:1.

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection, translated by Norman Solomon. Penguin Classics, 2009, Fourth Order Neziqin, Fourth Tractate Sanhedrin (The Court) 4:9:1.