The Eleventh Commandment
The Eleventh Commandment is a term used to describe a rule or policy that is extremely important to the point of being sacred. The phrase is a reference to the Ten Commandments of Christianity. It may refer to:
- The Eleventh Commandment (Ronald Reagan): "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
- "Thou Shalt Not Get Caught", dating pre-1900[1][2]
- The Eleventh Commandment, a 1962 novel by Lester del Rey.
- The Eleventh Commandment, from Collin Raye's album The Walls Came Down.
- In Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Conn MacCleary says to Remo, "You are the Eleventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Get Away With It."
- Father Guido Sarducci's comedy act included mention of the "extra commandments" that God left out of the Bible: "Wait half hour after eating before you go swimming. You probably thought that this was something your mother told you? It was a commandment. Whistle while you work. You probably thought this was Disney ... It was God. When you use Q-tips, just go around the outside of the ear. Don't poke, you know? Don't look at your neighbor's wife through a telescope. That's one that I must admit I've been breaking. But from now on (I won't) ... I might use binoculars...and "It's okay to eat chicken with your fingers. That shows God is a regular guy."
- The Eleventh Commandment (film), a 1924 British film directed by George A. Cooper
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References
- ^ "Citizen Train Writes McKane", NY Times, February 22, 1894, p 9
- ^ "Thou+shalt+not+get+caught" Monthly Journal of Economics, June 1900, collected in The Eastern underwriter, Volumes 2-4; retrieved via Google Books