Quotes about law
law appropriate
No law is quite appropriate for all. Livy
law desire machinery
Law is the great civilizing machinery. It liberates the desire to build and subdues the desire to destroy. Lyndon B. Johnson
law use injustice
The law cannot save those who deny it but neither can the law serve any who do not use it. The history of injustice and inequality is a history of disuse of the law. Lyndon B. Johnson
law justice effort
Effective law enforcement and social justice must be pursued together, as the foundation of our efforts against crime. Lyndon B. Johnson
law organization justice
The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice. Ludwig Quidde
law two firsts
I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference. Ludwig Quidde
law practice missing
In Massachusetts, where properly qualified 'persons' were allowed to practice law, the Supreme Court decided that a woman was not a 'person,' and a special act of the legislature had to be passed before Miss Lelia Robinson could be admitted to the bar. But today women are lawyers. Lucy Stone
law prison obedience
The severest prosecutions have never been followed by revelations changing a divine law, obedience to which brought imprisonment or martyrdom. Though I go to prison, God will not change his law of celestial marriage. Lorenzo Snow
law heaven earth
The law of heaven and earth is life for life. Lord Byron
law cities
Accursed be the city where the laws would stifle nature's! Lord Byron
law epidemics messengers
The Law of the Few,... says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger. Malcolm Gladwell
law foundation states
We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. Mahmoud Abbas
law perfect desire
To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible. Maimonides
law doubt doe
I find it expressed in various passages of Scripture that the fact that God knows things while in a state of possibility, when their existence belongs to the future, does not change the nature of the possible in any way; that nature remains unchanged; and the knowledge of the realisation of one of several possibilities does not yet effect that realisation. This is likewise one of the fundamental principles of the Law of Moses concerning which there is no doubt nor any dispute. Maimonides
law practice meditation
The practice of Transcendental Meditation creates a natural situation in the mind so that the mind entertains right thoughts, useful thoughts, thoughts that are cherished by nature and whose fulfillment is worked out by all the laws of nature. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
law unity consciousness
There is one unity, unified wholeness, total natural law, in the transcendental unified consciousness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
law fields constitution
The constitution of the universe is total natural law. 'Natural law,' we say from the field of science. 'Will of God,' we say from the field of religion. It's the same thing. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
law perfect mind
When the mind is attuned to the cosmic law, all the laws of nature are in perfect harmony with the aspirations of the mind. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
law fields transcendental
You are the master of all the laws of nature if you know the transcendental field. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
law race force
Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force. Mahatma Gandhi
law world cohesion
The Law of Love, call it attraction, affinity, cohesion if you like, governs the world. Mahatma Gandhi
law evil soul
A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty. Mahatma Gandhi
law people should
That we should obey laws whether good or bad is a new-fangled notion. There was no such thing in former days. The people disregarded those laws they did not like and suffered the penalties for their breach. Mahatma Gandhi
law voice tears
There are times when you have to obey a call which is the highest of all, i.e. the voice of conscience even though such obedience may cost many a bitter tear, and even more, separation from friends, from family, from the state, to which you may belong, from all that you have held as dear as life itself. For this obedience is the law of our being. Mahatma Gandhi
law individualism beast
Unrestricted individualism is the law of the beast of the jungle. Mahatma Gandhi
law destruction found
I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under that law would a well-ordered society be intelligible and life worth living. Mahatma Gandhi
law long people
As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist Mahatma Gandhi
law religion orderliness
There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings. Mahatma Gandhi
law guy trying
Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws. Gail Collins
law fcc teeth
For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law. Fred Upton
law obamacare promise
Obamacare is a seriously flawed law that makes health care coverage less affordable, costs taxpayers more than advertised and fails to deliver on most of its other grand promises. Fred Upton
law president care
Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned. Fred Upton
law skills degrees
There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. Fred Thompson