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land presidential mind
Canada is a broad land - broad in mind, broad in spirit, and broad in physical expanse. Harry S Truman
law justice important
This [minimum wage] legislation, passed by the 81st Congress at its first session, is an important addition to the laws we live by. It is a measure dictated by social justice. It adds to our economic strength. It is founded on the belief that full human dignity requires at least a minimum level of economic sufficiency and security. Harry S Truman
language used made
A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words.... Statements are made, words or sentences are used. J. L. Austin
lasting-relationship lasting ifs
A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure, J. Paul Getty
lakes giving sticks
Harry, just go down to the lake tomorrow, right, stick your head in, yell at the merpeople to give back whatever they’ve nicked, and see if they chuck it out. Best you can do, mate. J. K. Rowling
law astonishment said
Yeah, well, food's one of the five exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfigurations," said Ron, to general astonishment. J. K. Rowling
law careers missing
Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world! J. K. Rowling
law intellectual trouble
It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. H. G. Wells
law atmosphere heritage
Culture itself is neither education nor law-making: it is an atmosphere and a heritage. H. L. Mencken
law faces hocus-pocus
The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket. H. L. Mencken
law doe citizens
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him. H. L. Mencken
law government turtles
Law and its instrument, government, are necessary to the peace and safety of all of us, but all of us, unless we live the lives of mud turtles, frequently find them arrayed against us... H. L. Mencken
law medicine everyday
It takes no more actual sagacity to carry on the everyday hawking and haggling of the world, or to ladle out its normal doses of bad medicine and worse law, than it takes to operate a taxicab or fry a pan of fish. H. L. Mencken
law government storm
The storm center of lawlessness in every American State is the State Capitol. It is there that the worst crimes are committed; it is there that lawbreaking attains to the estate and dignity of a learned profession; it is there that contempt for the laws is engendered, fostered, and spread broadcast. H. L. Mencken
laughter school yearbook
I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things. Guillermo Diaz
law organization ordinary
It is natural for the ordinary American when he sees something wrong to feel not only that there should be a law against it but, also that an organization should be formed to combat it. Gunnar Myrdal
law world brutality
The Terrible Truth is that brutality is part of human nature, and all the laws in the world can't neuter it. Greg Iles
law people coincidence
If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law! Grace Hopper
law england grievance
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory. Gilbert Burnet
law reign united-states
As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations. J. William Fulbright
law twenties suits
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty. [The worst of law is that one suit breeds twenty.] George Herbert
language
That is not good language which all understand not. George Herbert
lard
Send not a Catt for Lard. George Herbert
law
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends. George Herbert
law welfare states
The state is therefore everyone; the rules within the state are laws which safeguard the welfare of all and which must originate from the welfare of all. Georg Buchner
law taste reason
Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste. Georg C. Lichtenberg
law aristocracy decree
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it. Georg C. Lichtenberg
land use maps
You can't use an old map to see a new land. Gary Hamel
law numbers purpose
In the 'in-itself' there is nothing of 'causal connections', of 'necessity', or of 'psychological non-freedom'; there the effect does not follow the cause, there is no rule or 'law'. It is we alone who have devised cause, sequence, for-each-other, relativity, constraint, number, law, freedom, motive, and purpose; and when we project and mix this symbol world into things as if it existed 'in itself', we act once more as we have always acted- mythologically. Friedrich Nietzsche
laughter evil together
In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss. Friedrich Nietzsche
laughter philosophical wrath
Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter. Friedrich Nietzsche
law moral tradition
To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom. Friedrich Nietzsche
law discipline grace
The grace that brought salvation to you is the same grace that teaches or disciplines you. But you must respond on the basis of grace, not law. Jerry Bridges