#first law

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

— Alexander Cockburn

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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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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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