Assembly Quotes

“The best man, then, must legislate, and laws must be passed, but these laws will have no authority when they miss the mark, though in all other cases retaining their authority. But when the law cannot determine a point at all, or not well, should the one best man or should all decide? According to our present practice assemblies meet, sit in judgment, deliberate, and decide, and their judgments an relate to individual cases. Now any member of the assembly, taken separately, is certainly inferior to the wise man. But the state is made up of many individuals. And as a feast to which all the guests contribute is better than a banquet furnished by a single man, so a multitude is a better judge of many things than any individual.”
― Aristotle, Politics

“No, Roger had not seen the funny side. But there had been a moment when, after looking at his watch, he had thought: I can remember when Christmas morning would start at about half past ten with a glass of Buck's Fizz in bed. Now it begins at half past five, with a test of my fine motor skills and ability to read Korean.”
― John Lanchester, Capital

“An assembly is extra slow in taking actions.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Did reiser og nogle Mænd aarlig af stæd,
Som skal for Laugmanden aflegge sin Eed,
Laug-Rættes-Mænd Loven dem nævner;
Om hver den der sværger, forstaar sig derpaa,
Det lader jeg denne gang u-omtalt staa,
Til Dagen naar HErren indstævner.”
― Petter Dass, The Trumpet of Nordland

“The legal right to peaceful assembly was revoked in the USA in 2020.”
― Steven Magee

“Also, in Joel 2:16, it says, “Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children…” This was a command meant to gather the people in Zion to fast and repent. It would not make sense for the women of the “congregation” to solely be sanctified through childbirth, because women who were still pregnant, had babies that were still developing, or were unmarried would not be able to be “sanctified,” since it is highly improbable for a woman to immediately give birth at the beginning of the assembly. If women had to be sanctified through childbirth, then the entire “congregation” would not be sanctified, as was commanded, because not all women could give birth right when the assembly began.”
― Lucy Carter, Feminism and Biblical Hermeneutics