Quotes about law
law conflict states
Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God. Bayard Rustin
law ships rudders
Law is the rudder of the ship of state.
law young made
Laws are made by the old, exceptions by the young.
law problem victims
There is a problem with the law on compensating victims of terrorism, Ariel Sharon
law meeting sure
There are some new requirements, but I don't think that the gist of the old law has changed. They don't want quorums meeting (secretly), and we'll make sure that that doesn't happen.
law open passed saying sell sold stop until
We're always open to having more discussions about that. But until a law is passed saying you can't sell these things, we're not going to stop them from being sold on the site.
law people giving
It is necessary to give freely if we are to receive freely. The law of receiving includes giving. The knowledge that substance is omnipresent and that people cannot, therefore, impoverish themselves by giving (but rather will increase their supply) will enable us to give freely and cheerfully. Charles Fillmore
law another-day spirit
Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day. Charles Evans Hughes
law world united-states
The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known. Charles Evans Hughes
law icy principles
When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty. Charles Evans Hughes
law vaudeville firsts
Courts are places where the ending is written first and all that precedes is simply vaudeville. Charles Bukowski
law vote advantage
More often than not Democratic Law works to the advantage of the few even though the many have voted; this, of course, is because the few have told them how to vote. Charles Bukowski
law needs mathematics
It is insufficient to protect ourselves with laws; we need to protect ourselves with mathematics. Bruce Schneier
law issues rights
The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law. Bruce Springsteen
law people want
Activity equals results. If you want to increase your success, increase your activity. Increase contact with customers. The more people you contact, the higher your sales will be because of the law of probabilities. Brian Tracy
law people probability
The more people you contact, the higher your sales will be because of the law of probabilities. Brian Tracy
law giving justice
Defend the weak, protect both young and old, never desert your friends. Give justice to all, be fearless in battle and always ready to defend the right." —The law of Badger Lords Brian Jacques
law woe paws
He came with death held in his paw Which no rat born could face Oh woe to those who break the law Of Sunflash and his mace! Brian Jacques
law growth growing
Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, growing riotous and strange in their impulse for growth. Brian Aldiss
law perfection joy
Don't shrink from natures brutal perfection. Take joy in it. Embrace it. Understand it and revel in it. Respect it's strength, it's wisdom, it's brutality and it's all-encompassing power. The highest law has always been, and shall be, nature; and the greatest wisdom forever lives in and through nature's eternal Fascism. Boyd Rice
law community decision
The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made. Jane D. Hull
law break dare
If harsher laws are put in place, less will dare to break them. Jane Goodall
law vietnam treason
I confess. If the law had been appiled to me properly for what I did in Vietnam, I'd have been convicted for high treason. Jane Fonda
law illinois luck
It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but in fact in all the cases it was really a fluke ... We find persistent wrongdoing on the part of law enforcement. It's really sheer luck that those convicted of these [capital] crimes were exonerated in the end. Jan Schakowsky
law america work-ethic
I hope the story of 2011 is that America gets its mojo back. You've got to remember that America has the best universities; it's got some of the best businesses. It's got an unbelievable work ethic, rule of law. The story of 2011 will be America blossoming again. Jamie Dimon
law police criminals
Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions. Antonio Villaraigosa
law differences giving
In an economy, an act, a habit, an institution, or a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause - it is seen. The others unfold in succession - they are not seen: ... Now this difference is enormous, for it is often true that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the ultimate consequences are fatal, and the converse. Frederic Bastiat
law voting liberty
The law commit legal plunder by violating liberty and property. Frederic Bastiat
law justice liberty
...the statement, "The purpose of the law is to cause justice to reign," is not a rigorously accurate statement. It ought to be stated that the purpose of the law is to prevent injustice from reigning. In fact, it is injustice, instead of justice, that has an existence of its own. Justice is achieved only when injustice is absent. Frederic Bastiat
law two evil
No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality are in contradiction, the citizen finds himself in the cruel dilemma of either losing his moral sense or of losing respect for the law, two evils of which one is as great as the other, and between which it is difficult to choose. Frederic Bastiat
law organization government
What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense. Frederic Bastiat
law greed political
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from its proper function, but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose. The law has become a tool for every kind of greed. Instead of preventing crime, the law itself is guilty of the abuses it is supposed to punish. If this is true, it is a serious matter, and moral duty requires me to call the attention of my fellow-citizens to it. Frederic Bastiat
law justice principles
No legal plunder: This is the principle of justice... Frederic Bastiat