Weekly Wisdomhttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/Mostly quotationsen-IE2008-08-29T07:45:18ZSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Why We Need Defamation Lawhttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/8/18/why-we-need-defamation-law.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-08-18T14:13:23ZMedia Being Serious The role of law in societyA word once uttered can never be recalled.

Horace

]]>Why "Plain English" Won't Workhttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/8/11/why-plain-english-wont-work.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-08-11T20:07:28ZLife skills Being Serious The role of law in society Comfort Zones Against FundamentalismLanguage is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

]]>A Thought for Reactionarieshttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/8/4/a-thought-for-reactionaries.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-08-04T16:46:20ZPolitical dissent

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Sun Tzu

]]>Planninghttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/7/28/planning.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-07-28T13:45:13ZLife skills

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

]]>Liberationhttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/7/21/liberation.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-07-21T15:07:24ZLife skillsReality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken.

Tim Ferriss

]]>Politicians *Should* Know Thishttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/7/15/politicians-should-know-this.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-07-15T12:10:05ZDisraeliThe palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

Benjamin Disraeli

]]>Politicians Know Thishttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/7/9/politicians-know-this.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-07-09T13:37:17ZLife skills Comfort ZonesIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

]]>Not Obvioushttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/6/30/not-obvious.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-06-30T09:06:32ZComfort ZonesIt requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

Alfred North Whitehead

]]>Say Nohttp://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/6/23/say-no.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-06-23T18:49:08ZLife skills Being Serious ManlinessSelf-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Joshua Heschel ]]>How ?http://www.irish-lawyer.com/weekly-wisdom/2008/6/18/how.htmlFergus O'Rourke2008-06-18T12:30:17ZLife skillsIt is surprising how easy it is to forget that the way to get things done is to do them.

Mark Forster

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