- Limits
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Computer power grows according to Moore's law, as does the sophistication of handheld devices.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
- Arouse
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- Nov 07, 2020
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
- American People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing law abiding gun owners. We owe it to the American people to take real action to reduce gun violence in our communities.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the whole, the accommodationist position has been dominant in U.S. law and public culture ─ ever since George Washington wrote a famous letter to the Quakers explaining that he would not require them to serve in the military because the 'conscientious scruples of all men' deserve the greatest 'delicacy and tenderness.'
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a president can enforce a part of a law and delay a part of a law, then does he have a power to not enforce any law he so chooses? If he can allow illegal aliens to freely run across our border, can he force legal citizens out of the country? Where would be the end of his power?
- Recession
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and the statutory debt limit. Unless the President and House Republicans can agree on changes to current law, the U.S. economy will be in recession by spring.
- Nov 07, 2020
The law is immoral.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Granting amnesty to those who willfully broke the law makes a mockery of our legal system and encourages even more lawlessness - potentially more severe crimes than entering the U.S. illegally.
- Demonstrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Palestinians have yet to demonstrate a commitment to the rule of law.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020