![[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-purpose-of-a-written-constitution-is-to-bind-up-the-several-branches-of-gov.jpg)
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Rights are most secure when they are supported by legislative enactment, Jack Balkin
rights desire identity
Sexual and reproductive health and rights are universal human rights!They are an indivisible part of the broader human rights and development equation. Their particular power resides in the fact that they deal with the most intimate aspects of our identities as individuals and enable human dignity, which is dependent on control of our bodies, desires and aspirations. Babatunde Osotimehin
rights order liberty
What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights. B. R. Ambedkar
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If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing rights, particularly when (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld himself noted that there were options to the base in Uzbekistan Bill Delahunt
rights law walking-away
George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions. Bianca Jagger
rights years lasts
I am not just a celebrity, I'm a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
rights our-world law
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. ... We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don't our world will further descend into a state of chaos.
rights truth-is individual
One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live. Bertha von Suttner
rights mind church
The Bill of Rights decoupled religion from the state, in part because so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind - each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. Carl Sagan
government mandate recount strong
Recount or no recount, there's going to be a government without a strong mandate or much flexibility. Michael Carter
government parliament
Parliament has to urgently and immediately take up the issue. It is up to the government to see how they do it. Parliament will have to enact the law. Eventually, even it (ordinance) will have to come to parliament. Sitaram Yechury
government india interest keen taken
Suddenly, the government of India has taken a very keen interest in these far-flung islands.
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State government must work leaner but smarter than ever before, Kathleen Blanco
government position
Our position would be that it is, and always has been, government property.
government submit sure task
Our task is to make sure the government does not submit the bill.
government remember
Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. Barry Goldwater
government democracy social
Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.
government source
A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources. B. F. Skinner
lawyers looking
Our lawyers are looking at it. We'll see if anything can be done.
lawrence ties
Some may have ties to Lawrence County, but most have not.
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Physical laws provide, at best, a recipe for how the world might be computed in parallel particle by particle and region by region. Rudy Rucker
law firsts constitution
If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.
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Denis Law could dance on eggshells. Bill Shankly
law keeping-promises kept-promises
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague. Bill Cosby
law politics above-the-law
Live like the Kennedy's, above the law. Big Pun
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Gettin' dressed up for court, that's a law suit Big Sean
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Bout to inhale like I'm finnin to see Satan. We're Satanic. It's the law.