Watchmen Rules and Order Quotes

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Quote #7

Yet what are laws made for, if not to serve mankind? And if those laws through unforeseen circumstances become no longer applicable, is it not more noble to follow the course of right and justice; to serve the spirit of the law rather than its every dot and comma? (Chapter H.2).

Martin Luther King Jr. once said something similar. Otherwise, he and Mr. Godfrey might not get along so well.

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Quote #8

“Some of us have always lived on edge, Daniel. It is possible to survive there if you observe the rules. Just hang on by fingernails and never look down" (X.5.6).

Rorschach could spend more time learning the rules, the rules of grammar. Why does he speak in such a clipped way?

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Quote #9

“Give me smallest finger on man’s hand. I’ll produce information. Computer unnecessary” (X.9.3).

Walter Kovacs would never TiVo CSI: New York, let’s put it that way. For him, scientific evidence is overrated.

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