Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
There are certain irregularities which are not the subject of criminal law. But when the criminal law happens to be auxiliary to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Switzerland is a land where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“There seems to be no way to save wildness from human intrusion without establishing and enforcing rules and regulations that are themselves… — J. Meredith Neil Copy Share Image
It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity. — John Locke Copy Share Image
It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and… — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
It is what makes conscious of the conditions and laws of observing which applied in this manner become a theme on its… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
I believe that correct principles are natural laws, and that God, the Creator and Father of us all, is the source of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
During my years as a practicing lawyer, it just was part of your study of what Congress was trying to say in… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
This is an issue just like 9-11... We didn't decide we wanted to fight the war on terrorism because we wanted to.… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
In most Western democracies, you do have the freedom of speech. But freedom of speech is not an entitlement to reach. You… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
The philosopher's conception of things will, above all, be truer than other men's, and his philosophy will subordinate all the circumstances of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I don't know the law, the kind of law of quantity and quality, but I think the opportunity of people being able… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
When I was in law school at Harvard, the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the U.S. was a big thing. I… — Ory Okolloh Copy Share Image
Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect… — Elton Gallegly Copy Share Image
Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
People are always trading their excess for somebody else's excess. One country has a lot of aluminum so they trade aluminum for… — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
The so-called law of induction cannot possibly be a law of logic, since it is obviously a proposition with a sense.--Nor, therefore,… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
They can't chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can't contain it! Laws can't restrain it! Authority has no power over… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
There is the issue of security. Countless innocent American lives have been stolen because our politicians have failed in their duty to… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The universal and absolute law is that natural justice which cannot be written down, but which appeals to the hearts of all. — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We are sworn to uphold the Constitution and law. And it has to be consistent and agreed upon with three branches of… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
I had an affinity for criminal law because I came from that background. I understood it. A lot of lawyers of color… — Sunny Hostin Copy Share Image
To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit. — John Updike Copy Share Image
The attributes of liminality are necessarily ambiguous... Liminal entities are neither here nor there; they are betwixt and between the positions assigned… — Victor Turner Copy Share Image
I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
All I need to understand is the unwritten law of warriors," he said firmly. "And women and children are never sent to… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Truthfully, I don't like the binge-watching model. I think that if you give everybody everything all at once, there's very much a… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
