It will be seen that we contemplate a time when man's will shall be law to the physical world, and he shall… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law. — Carrie Nation Copy Share Image
As much as I'd like to register Jesus to vote in Georgia, the law says I can't do that. — Brian Kemp Copy Share Image
I read a quote by James Dean when I was 17; he said, 'I'd rather starve than do a whole bunch of… — Mehcad Brooks Copy Share Image
One of the things big law partners say when they talk about Atrium is that we get people who wouldn't make partner.… — Justin Kan Copy Share Image
When social movements engage in legal reform, they often mobilize images of people from their constituent population who most match national norms… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to… — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I used to go on chat rooms on AOL, back when those things existed, and argue with believers in evolution and argued… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
It's a law of our natures, especially when the political fit is on us, to applaud where we already approve, and deride… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Those laws, being forged for universal application, are in perpetual conflict with personal interest, just as personal interest is always in contradiction… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles! — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
It is an unfortunate discovery certainly, that of a law which binds us where we did not know before that we were… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Here's a summary for the time or attention challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Clearly, the response to terrorism and violent extremism must respect human rights and comply with international law. That is not just a… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
He who has annexed them, if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one, that… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I am fully assured, that no general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which… — George Boole Copy Share Image
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal. — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
All laws that are proper and correct, and all obligations entered into which are not violative of the constitution should be kept… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Had laws not been, we never had been blam'd; For not to know we sinn'd is innocence. — William Davenant Copy Share Image