WIST QuotationsMar 2

A quotation from Montesquieu

Political virtue is a renunciation of oneself, which is always a very painful thing. One can define this virtue as love of the laws and the homeland. This love, requiring a continuous preference of the public interest over one’s own, produces all the individual virtues; they are only that preference.
 
[La vertu politique est un renoncement à soi-même, qui est toujours une chose très-pénible. On peut définir cette vertu, l’amour des loix & de la patrie. Cet amour, demandant une préférence continuelle de l’intérêt public au sien propre, donne toutes les vertus particulieres: elles ne sont que cette préférence.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 4, ch. 5 (4.5) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/82465/

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Montesquieu - Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 4, ch. 5 (4.5) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)] | WIST Quotations

Political virtue is a renunciation of oneself, which is always a very painful thing. One can define this virtue as love of the laws and the homeland. This love, requiring a continuous preference of the public interest over one's own, produces all the individual virtues; they are only that preference.…

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A quotation from Thomas Fuller

If thou allowest thyself to go to the utmost Extent of every thing that is lawful, thou art very near going further.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2093 (1727)

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Alexander HanffOct 12, 2023

Gotta love it when a douchebag tracking company publishes a white paper explicitly illustrating all of the ways they are breaking EU law in relation to ePrivacy and GDPR - talk about giving gifts!

AWIN will be the subject of my next legal complaint :)

You couldn't make this stuff up!

https://www.awin.com/gb/compliance-and-regulations/gdpr-eprivacy-whitepaper

(Don't worry I have a copy saved in case they take it down).

#privacy #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance #law #gdpr #eprivacy #compliance #tracking #cookies #lawfulness #principles

GDPR and ePrivacy Whitepaper | Awin

In this whitepaper we attempt to explain the implications for affiliate marketing and offer practical guidance for publishers and advertisers.

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SubtleBlade ⚔️Sep 12, 2023

Anti-#monarchy [Pro-#Republic] protester suing #Met chief over #coronation day arrest

Republic’s #GrahamSmith seeking #JudicialReview of #lawfulness of arrest as well as damages
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/12/anti-monarchy-protester-suing-met-chief-over-coronation-day-arrest #ToryPoliciesInAction #FreedomOfSpeech #Protest #RightToProtest #Censorship #NastyParty #Law

Anti-monarchy protester suing Met chief over coronation day arrest

Exclusive: Republic’s Graham Smith seeking judicial review of lawfulness of arrest as well as damages

The Guardian
Dick Smiths Fair Go SupportersJun 18, 2021

@samuraikid
…unless you sign the right documents, it would seem.

#signHerePlease #legality #lawfulness #norms