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"I don't obey the law even when I do agree with it."
"I don't obey the law even when I do agree with it."

"I don't obey the law even when I do agree with it."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Datec 1966
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 5/8 × 9 13/16 in. (27 × 25 cm) Sheet: 11 × 10 1/16 in. (27.9 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1982.325
"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."
"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."
Mary Petty
1933
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
Alan Dunn
1943
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"
"Shut up! When I ask myself a rhetorical question I don't want an answer!"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I don't remember the title, but I do know it was by either Max Werner, Rex Werner, Max Lerner or Max Warner."
"I don't remember the title, but I do know it was by either Max Werner, Rex Werner, Max Lerner or Max Warner."
Alan Dunn
1961
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."
"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."
Alan Dunn
1936
89. Mother-in-law. I have endured grim affliction,/ Hard chains at home,/ I say to anyone, that not even statues/ Of mothers-in-law are good.
89. Mother-in-law. I have endured grim affliction,/ Hard chains at home,/ I say to anyone, that not even statues/ Of mothers-in-law are good.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"I used to work in the joolery but y' don't get the fine class of people y' do here."
"I used to work in the joolery but y' don't get the fine class of people y' do here."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"
"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"
Alan Dunn
1927
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
"I don't even try to understand them any more."
Mary Petty
1936
"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."
"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."
Alan Dunn
1938