Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edmund Burke

A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins justice ends?

Michael Jackson

took place in a proceeding where neither my lawyers nor I ever appeared.

Robert Greene

You must bear in mind that each law is circumstantial. It does depend on the circumstances.

Thomas Jefferson

The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.

Thomas Jefferson

As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn from their bench, whose erroneous biases are leading us to dissolution. It may indeed injure them in fame or in fortune; but it saves the republic, which is the first and supreme law.

Thomas Jefferson

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

Thomas Jefferson

[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void and of no force.

Thomas Jefferson

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then and only then will truth]prevail over fanaticism.

Thomas Jefferson

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.

Jim Pattison

I've got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around.

Markwayne Mullin

Oklahoma has a respect for our neighbors. That's the Oklahoma standard.

Mary J. Blige

You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.

Juan Somavia

Labour markets are about people. And people have a right to be treated with dignity and respect.

Joseph Joubert

To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.

Moliere

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

Molly Ivins

What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

Ken Salazar

Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill.

Mark Twain

As I have said before, I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters, and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us.