#first law

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it. ↗

— Alexander Cockburn

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The first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise... and cultivate the delightfully vague. ↗

— John C. Crosby

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It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

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Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down. ↗

— Paul Newman

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I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging! ↗

— Denis Healey

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Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it. ↗

— Howard Mumford Jones

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Self-preservation is the first law of nature. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Order is heaven's first law. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague. ↗

— Stuart Chase

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