Without the law, you can't have society. But without the arts, you can't have civilisation

- Julian Burnside

Tact is kind; diplomacy is useful; euphemism is harmless and sometimes entertaining

- Julian Burnside

Human language has a vocabulary suited to our daily needs and functions: the shape of any human language maps approximately to the needs and activiti…

- Julian Burnside

Meet every person with the assumption that they are your equal.

- Julian Burnside