Quotes about law
law should attorney
The attorney general should be enforcing the law, not policy. Michael Moriarty
law america drug
Laws against things like drugs are inhumane, and create an inhumane society and inhumane law enforcement. I know whats causing violence in America - the damn drug laws. Michael Moriarty
law trying slavery
The wealthy have never liked to pay for the labor that enriches them. Ever since slavery was eliminated, they have been trying to keep it as close to slavery as they can without violating the slave laws. Michael Moore
law way bigs
I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws; I find them way too restrictive. Michael Moore
law political purpose
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law Theodore Roosevelt
law effort would-be
To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit of democratic fair dealing. Theodore Roosevelt
law prosperity thrift
You cannot create prosperity by law. Sustained thrift, industry, application, intelligence, are the only things that ever do, or ever will, create prosperity. But you can very easily destroy prosperity by law. Theodore Roosevelt
law giving political
The Constitution guarantees protection to property, and we must make that promise good. But it does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced. Theodore Roosevelt
law favors obedience
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. Theodore Roosevelt
law requirements firsts
Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements. Theodor Herzl
law land jew
The land which the Society of Jews will have secured by international law must naturally be privately owned. Theodor Herzl
law form heresy
The law of the innermost form of the essay is heresy Theodor Adorno
law mirrors individual
The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated. Theodor Adorno
law government quality
The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them. Thaddeus Stevens
law government citizens
No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws. Thaddeus Stevens
law all-things
I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more. Thaddeus Stevens
law two laughing
Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it. Terry Pratchett
law society contempt
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. Margaret Mead
law long mind
The first step in the direction of a world rule of law is the recognition that peace no longer is an unobtainable ideal but a necessary condition of continued human existence. But to take even this step we must return to a calm and responsible frame of mind in which we can face the long patient tasks ahead. Margaret Mead
law done doe
The law which their prophet Mohamed has given to muslims is that any harm done to any one who does not accept their law and any appropriation of his goods, is no sin at all. Marco Polo
law people liberty
Most liberties have been won by people who broke the law Michael Foot
law mind together
I have been so electrically occupied of late that I feel as if hungry for a little chemistry: but then the conviction crosses my mind that these things hang together under one law & that the more haste we make onwards each in his own path the sooner we shall arrive, and meet each other, at that state of knowledge of natural causes from which all varieties of effects may be understood & enjoyed. Michael Faraday
law common-sense immigration
I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington. Michael Bloomberg
law cards biometrics
We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not. Michael Bloomberg
law speak-english skills
Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need. Michael Bloomberg
law people needs
The first law of the market is to make the largest possible profit from other people's labor or go out of business. Profitability rather than human need is the determining condition of private investment. Michael Parenti
law privacy objectives
Privacy laws are our biggest impediment to us obtaining our objectives. Michael Eisner
law interviews
There's no law that says anybody has to do an interview. Michael Azerrad
law ideas liberty
The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law. Michael Badnarik
law evil trying
When you say there's too much evil in this world you assume there's good. When you assume there's good, you assume there's such a thing as a moral law on the basis of which to differentiate between good and evil. But if you assume a moral law, you must posit a moral Law Giver, but that's Who you're trying to disprove and not prove. Because if there's no moral Law Giver, there's no moral law. If there's no moral law, there's no good. If there's no good, there's no evil. What is your question? Ravi Zacharias
law practice needs
The great and constant need of those who investigate homicide and practice forensic pathology or criminal law is a warm humanism. Ramsey Clark
law police protect
Who will protect the public when the police violate the law? Ramsey Clark
law community drug
We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community. Rand Paul