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- Nov 07, 2020
Law Quotes
Rules, choices, and the order behind them.
This page draws on law in a broad sense — the rigorous logic of scientific theory, the real fork in the road between law school and an acting career, and a general preference for a quiet evening over anything more dramatic. For the legal system specifically, see our Legal quotes.
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- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must secure our borders and restore the rule of law, and more than anyone running, Ted Cruz has fought to make this nation secure while protecting our constitutional rights.
- Burdensome
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- Nov 07, 2020
The RFA requires federal agencies to assess the economic impact of their regulations on small firms, and if significant, consider less burdensome alternatives. Federal agencies sometimes fail to comply at all, or simply 'check the box,' fulfilling the letter of the law, while missing the purpose of the law entirely.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe the attorney general or the deputy attorney general has an obligation to follow the law and the Constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the President.
- Corruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
The damage caused by corruption is just as real in Angola and Azerbaijan as it is in Atlanta and Albuquerque, and it's our obligation to advance the rule of law wherever our laws apply.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.
- Individuals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Holding individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing isn't ideological; it's good law enforcement.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something theoretical in the past may become evident and established in the present or in the future. It is a self-evident fact that creation has an innate tendency towards perfection, and it is through this that creation is bound to the law of development or gradual perfection.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
According to Celtic law, all sons equally divided the inheritance and principalities of their father.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law for African occupation - as early as 1959 and 1960.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020