Quotes about law
law magic way
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. John Mortimer
law common-sense nails
No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
law arguing sin
So many laws argues so many sins. John Milton
law agency evil
Many of the railroad evils were inherent in the situation; they were explained by the fact that both managers and public were dealing with a new agency whose laws they did not completely understand
law pirate world
Drink a health to the wonders of the western world, the pirates, preachers, poteen-makers, with the jobbing jockies; parching peelers, and the juries fill their stomachs selling judgments of the English law. John Millington Synge
law perfect shining
In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners. John Calvin
law neighbor endeavor
Unless we endeavor to do good to our neighbor, through our cruelty we transgress this law
law understanding tools
Von Neumann languages do not have useful properties for reasoning about programs. Axiomatic and denotational semantics are precise tools for describing and understanding conventional programs, but they only talk about them and cannot alter their ungainly properties. Unlike von Neumann languages, the language of ordinary algebra is suitable both for stating its laws and for transforming an equation into its solution, all within the "language. John Backus
law brain opinion
If materialism is true, it seems to me that we cannot know that it is true. If my opinions are the result of the chemical processes going on in my brain, they are determined by the laws of chemistry, not those of logic. John B. S. Haldane
law choices disease
You cannot escape from the biological law of cause and effect - food choices are the most significant cause of disease and premature death. Joel Fuhrman
law progress tasks
Marx, however imperfectly he worked out the details, set himself the task of discovering the law of motion of capitalism, and if there is any hope of progress in economics at all, it must be in using academic methods to solve the problems posed by Marx. Joan Robinson
law class income
If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered.
law wife lawyer
Some women take up the law and become lawyers. Other women lay down the law and become wives. Joan Rivers
law america england
My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time. Garrison Keillor
law government liberty
We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. No tinkering with this, that, or the other law will stop the trend toward socialism. We must repeal the Sixteenth Amendment. Frank Chodorov
law views expression
Whether I sign a bill or not, is generally an expression of my personal view on the subject. It's not an interpretation of an existing law. George Deukmejian
law withdrawal deposits
When you make such a large withdrawal of happiness, somewhere you'll have to make an equally large deposit. It all goes back to the universal law of equilibrium. Gayle Forman
law want way
I want freedom and I realize that the only way to get it is to quit breaking the law. Gary Gilmore
law america england
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress. Lord Acton
law people should
There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
law liberty harmony
Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.
law convenient
No law is sufficiently convenient to all. Livy
law majority convenience
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
law appropriate
No law is quite appropriate for all.
law desire machinery
Law is the great civilizing machinery. It liberates the desire to build and subdues the desire to destroy. Lyndon B. Johnson
law use injustice
The law cannot save those who deny it but neither can the law serve any who do not use it. The history of injustice and inequality is a history of disuse of the law.
law justice effort
Effective law enforcement and social justice must be pursued together, as the foundation of our efforts against crime.
law organization justice
The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice. Ludwig Quidde
law two firsts
I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.
law practice missing
In Massachusetts, where properly qualified 'persons' were allowed to practice law, the Supreme Court decided that a woman was not a 'person,' and a special act of the legislature had to be passed before Miss Lelia Robinson could be admitted to the bar. But today women are lawyers. Lucy Stone
law prison obedience
The severest prosecutions have never been followed by revelations changing a divine law, obedience to which brought imprisonment or martyrdom. Though I go to prison, God will not change his law of celestial marriage. Lorenzo Snow
law heaven earth
The law of heaven and earth is life for life. Lord Byron
law cities
Accursed be the city where the laws would stifle nature's!