Quotes about law
law use arbitrary
The law is an artificial human construct, quite arbitrary, and of absolutely no use anywhere else but in a court of law! John Quincy Adams
law accomplishment grace
The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available to us in Christ. We do not have the ability in ourselves to accomplish the least of God's tasks. This is the law of grace. When we recognize it is impossible for us to perform a duty in our own strength, we will discover the secret of its accomplishment. John Owen
law sin weak
Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak. John Milton
law reason force
Subdue By force, who reason for their law refuse, Right reason for their law.
law reason
Our reason is our law.
law sin remove
Laws can discover sin, but not remove it
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God is thy law, thou mine.
law justice risk
Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and-most unforgivably-increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault. Norman Finkelstein
law harmony natural
Integration is a basic law of life; when we resist it, disintegration is the natural result, both inside and outside of us. Thus we come to the concept of harmony through integration. Norman Cousins
law literature pity
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. Miguel de Cervantes
law world sun
There is no science in this world like physics. Nothing comes close to the precision with which physics enables you to understand the world around you. It's the laws of physics that allow us to say exactly what time the sun is going to rise. What time the eclipse is going to begin. What time the eclipse is going to end. Neil deGrasse Tyson
law numbers sandman
I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options. Neil Gaiman
lawyer beavers mainstream
Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and damn it up. John Naisbitt
law bounds nations
We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law. John O. Brennan
law people tools
When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.
law secret information
We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
law effectiveness office
By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.
law two america
The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of the two - indeed, how they reinforce one another.
law grace religion
Preach 90% Law and 10% grace. John Wesley
law islam compromise
I don't recognize any law but the Sharia of Islam. There is no compromise.
law natural species
All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. John W. Gardner
law historical kaleidoscope
There is no law of history any more than of a kaleidoscope. John Ruskin
law order existence
Order is the law of all intelligible existence. John Stuart Blackie
law government enforcement
Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance. Government regulations provide a false sense of security - and that's worth less than no sense of security at all. John Stossel
law justice decree
Courts of equity make their decrees so as to arrive at the justice of the case without violating the rules of law. Sherrilyn Kenyon
law effort environmental
Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome. Sherwood Boehlert
law giving relief
A Court of equity can mould interests differently from a Court of law; and can give relief in cases where a Court of law cannot.
law justice relief
It is a maxim in our law that a plaintiff must shew that he stands on a fair ground when he calls on a Court of justice to administer relief to him.
law practice form
The practice of the Court forms the law of the Court.
law giving deeds
No stops are ever inserted in Acts of Parliament, or in deeds; but the Courts of law, in construing them, must read them with such stops as will give effect to the whole.
law ideas employment
The fundamental law of capitalism is: when workers have more money, businesses have more customers, and need more workers. The idea that high wages equals low employment, it's absurd. Nick Hanauer
law today sin
For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm. Nikos Kazantzakis
law source quotations
I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlier source will be pointed out to you. Nigel Rees