- Constitution
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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
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
- Business Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline.
- Dealers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Americans have no memory of the designs Franklin Roosevelt's New Dealers had for postwar-American foreign policy. Human rights, self-determination and an end to European colonization in the developing world, nuclear disarmament, international law, the World Court, the United Nations - these were all ideas of the progressive left.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.
- Albeit
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- Nov 07, 2020
The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going to vote yes and change the law. You have to know what's in it. You can't depend on other people.
- Nov 07, 2020
The Law is never weary of again and again repeating its injunction of local unity of worship.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never played an attorney, and I'd like to do so on a show like 'The Practice' or 'Law & Order.'
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.
- Morality
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- Nov 07, 2020