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law justice mystery
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? Edmund Burke
lawyers neither nor took
took place in a proceeding where neither my lawyers nor I ever appeared. Michael Jackson
law mind bears
You must bear in mind that each law is circumstantial. It does depend on the circumstances. Robert Greene
law important execution
The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them. Thomas Jefferson
law judging safety
As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn from their bench, whose erroneous biases are leading us to dissolution.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.
law president guilt
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
law united-states void
[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.
law practice public-opinion
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.
law common-sense foundation
Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.
order democracy too-much
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much. Clarence Darrow
order space common-sense
The common-sense notion that 'there is a time and a place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which replicate the social order by assigning social meanings to spaces and times. David Harvey
order law punishment
If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well. Confucius
order legs ends
Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end. Daniel Tammet
order civilization superstitions
Our civilization ... is not devaluing its awareness of the unknowable; nor is it deifying it. It is the first civilization that has severed it from religion and superstition. In order to question it. Andre Malraux
order people ruins
It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not only do malicious people flock about us in order to witness our ruin, but other unfortunates as well, who have been kept away by our happiness, and now feel close to us on account of our troubles. Andre Maurois
order denominations form
We have to dissolve all the denominations in order to form from them the greater denomination of the homeland. Ameen Rihani
order white house
Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick. Ambrose Bierce
order impossible difficult
It's very difficult to liberate yourself from what you've learned. You know it's almost impossible because you learn in order to survive. Anthony Hopkins
want nervous breakdown
A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it. Art Buchwald
want what-you-want ifs
If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace. Eckhart Tolle
want menace stability
We don't want to change. Every change is a menace to stability. Aldous Huxley
want poverty world
But to the world no bugbear is so great, As want of figure and a small estate. Alexander Pope
want vices virtue
Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, 'Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains: And grant the bad what happiness they would, One they must want--which is, to pass for good.
want band pivotal
Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history. Alex Kapranos
want looks committed
If we want to know what we're really committed to, all we have to do is look at our lives. Debbie Ford
want stories passionate
Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up. E. L. James
want waste doe
Every now and then, a person must do something simply because he wants to, because it seems to him worth doing. And that does not make it worthless or a waste of time. E. L. Konigsburg