Associate Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"quote-but-they-knew-that-order-cannot-be-secured-merely-through-fear-of-punishment-for-its-infraction-louis-d-brandeis-303927\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2017\/01\/quote-but-they-knew-that-order-cannot-be-secured-merely-through-fear-of-punishment-for-its-infraction-louis-d-brandeis-303927.jpg\")
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For those who may not know it by heart, here are the words uttered by Yoda:<\/p>\n
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I was struck to learn the precursors to the famous\u00a0words that Jedi Master Yoda speaks in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Although I have yet to find the precise original source, the sentiment finds expression in this quote attributed to Ibn Rushd (better known to some as Averroes): Another similar sentiment is expressed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":39515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14103,91],"tags":[14536,14537,5612,9849,9852,9854,9859,12084],"class_list":["post-39514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memes","category-star-wars-science-fiction","tag-averroes","tag-ibn-rushd","tag-jedi","tag-quotation","tag-quotations","tag-quote","tag-quotes","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\n
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