Quotes about law
law might revolution
I was very strenuous for retaining and insisting on it [law of nature], as a resource to which we might be driven by Parliament much sooner than we were aware. John Adams
law ideas justice
The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.
law ideas evil
It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, "whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection," and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.
law liberty would-be
I would define liberty to be a power to do as we would be done by. The definition of liberty to be the power of doing whatever the law permits, meaning the civil laws, does not seem satisfactory.
law practice doe
The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.
law liberty individual
Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.
law support second-amendment
The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.
law understanding gains
We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws. Jacob Bronowski
law-of-attraction matter ifs
It doesn't matter if they say you can't do it. It only matters if you say you can't. Harvey Mackay
law justice soul
Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul. George Bancroft
law support religion
[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them. James Madison
law different watches
Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to those who watch the change and can trace its consequences; a harvest reared not by themselves but by the toils and cares of the great body of their fellow citizens. This is a state of things in which it may be said with some truth that laws are made for the few not for the many.
law void congress
[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.
law class america
If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer, the genius of the whole system, the nature of just and constitutional laws, and above all the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America, a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it.
law operations mass
They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society.
law america constitution
The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.
law and-love
There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him. Jim Morrison
law facts faces
You've got to learn to accept the law of life, and face the fact that we disintegrate slowly. Erik Erikson
law privilege movement
In the end, a new Americanization movement can't just be about listing our privileges and immunities, which we catalog in our laws. It also has to be about reinforcing our duties, which we convey in our habits. Eric Liu
law direct-action anarchy
Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral. Emma Goldman
law made
After all, that is what laws are for, to be made and unmade.
law ideas growth
The history of human growth is at the same time the history of every new idea heralding the approach of a brighter dawn, and the brighter dawn has always been considered illegal, outside of the law.
law ideas wheels
No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
law forever heaven
But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue forever, and never have an end. John Jewel
law advice president
It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate. John Jay Hooker
law abortion growth
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society. John Holdren
law tea want
The Tea Partiers don't want all regulations eliminated. They just want laws that can be understood and regulations that aren't going to destroy businesses, or leave deserving veterans without a source for a mortgage loan. Neal Boortz
law innocent-person perfect
Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially since they're given no competent legal counsel defense in many cases. It's a system that has to be perfect. You cannot execute one innocent person. No system is perfect. And to top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics it, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than it does to have full life imprisonment without parole Ralph Nader
law littles break
Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity. Ralph Chaplin
law understanding imitation
Imitation has to be avoided. Understanding should be the only law, never imitation. Rajneesh
law one-thing
He who understands one thing understands everything, for the same laws are in all. Rainer Maria Rilke
law depth
In the depths all becomes law.
law rushing rights
The law changes and flows like water, and . . . the stream of women's rights law has become a sudden rushing torrent. Shana Alexander