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law government decision
The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Charles Tupper
law rights source
Rights are considered to have their source not in nature, but in law. Charles Edward Merriam
law evil doers
And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at istelf and dies with the doer of it! but Good, never. Charles Dickens
law people world
It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
law knowing shy
Lawyers are shy of meddling with the Law on their own account: knowing it to be an edged tool of uncertain application, very expensive in the working, and rather remarkable for its properties of close shaving than for its always shaving the right person.
law justice water
In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong in the midst of right, as mariners die of thirst in the midst of water. Charles Caleb Colton
law justice criminals
The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.
law land tree
The code of poor laws has at length grown up into a tree, which, like the fabulous Upas, overshadows and poisons the land; unwholesome expedients were the bud, dilemmas and depravities have been the blossom, and danger and despair are the bitter fruit.
law firsts revolution
If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as often as by the governed.
abiding law-abiding-citizen prove
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove. Denzel Washington
abiding satisfaction unshakable
There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure. Edward Abbey
abiding behaviour likes
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in observing the depths to which human behaviour can sink. Everyone likes to have his deepest convictions confirmed; that is one of the most abiding of human satisfaction. Anthony Burgess
abiding fear-of-the-unknown appearance
His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub's fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances. Jack London
abiding dignity achieve
The greatest dignity to be found in death is the dignity of the life that preceded it. This is a form of hope that we can all achieve, and it is the most abiding of all. Hope resides in the meaning of what our lives have been. Sherwin B. Nuland
abiding
Never be hurried out of the relationship of abiding in Him. Oswald Chambers
abiding easy lifestyle
The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God ... Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in Him. This is an easy thing to allow, but we must guard against it.
abiding fit theme
If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive. Emanuel Steward
abiding morality
There is no true and abiding morality that is not founded in religion. Henry Ward Beecher
honorable teach discretion
Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion. William Shakespeare
honorable
Cartooning is an honorable thing Bill Sienkiewicz
honorable parents profession
My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester. Philippe Petit
honorable instead turns
I think that to make something alive, instead of on a page, is an honorable task. And it turns me on. Mike Nichols
honorable side
It's a thoughtful, decent, honorable decision. He's come down on the side of facilitating life. Orrin Hatch
honorable intend maybe
I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations. Harmon Killebrew
honorable human man
I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that. Action Bronson
honorable ready strike
The strike will go on. We're ready for a settlement, but it has to be an honorable settlement. Gurudas Dasgupta
honorable wrong
There is nothing wrong with being an honorable lobbyist. Ron Dellums