The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse… — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor. — Nancy Johnson Copy Share Image
What has happened is the 'stand your ground' law has become so over-arching that the definition has been lost. There's a lot… — Bob Buckhorn Copy Share Image
If I go home, get a gun, come back and shoot you, that may not be legal under New York law because… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other… — Jerry Yang Copy Share Image
The Constitution overrides a statute, but a statute, if consistent with the Constitution, overrides the law of judges. In this sense, judge-made… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
We have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whoever can discern truth has received his commission from a higher source than the chiefest justice in the world who can discernonly… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students,… — Viet D. Dinh Copy Share Image
Sir, Your letter of the 15th is received, but Age has long since obliged me to withhold my mind from Speculations of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books... Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm basically a libertarian. I don't want to restrict anyone from doing anything unless it's going to harm me. I don't want… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
It's already a million Muslims! As long as they obey the law and respect the constitution, nobody has anything to fear. They… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
Two and two make four. Nature doesn't ask your advice. She isn't interested in your preferences or whether or not you approve… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose,… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
... the common law existed while the Anglo-Saxons were yet pagans, at a time when they had never yet heard the name… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
[International law] doesn't show what the Constitution originally meant, and it doesn't show what is fundamentally important to Americans today. It shows… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Will looked as if she had slpped him. "I didn't do it so you'd be grateful!" "Then what?" Her voice rose. "You… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“...the work of inspection was left to magistrates and clergymen. To the relief of employers, experience showed that magistrates and clergymen had… — bertrand russell Copy Share Image
Russian membership in the World Trade Organization has the potential to strengthen the rule of law, combat corruption, and give Russia a… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Before taking up law, I studied medicine for six months and then tried my hand at fashion designing for another six months.… — Mawra Hocane Copy Share Image
Gerry Schoenfeld told me 'Les Parents Terribles' was not going to sell, even though we had Kathleen Turner and Jude Law in… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
All of us, wherever we happen to stand on the marriage equality issue, can agree that all our children deserve the opportunity… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
As long as God does not intervene in the contemporary universe in such a way as to violate physical laws, science has… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
We have to have a strong law enforcement in America. So we do not go abroad in the search of war, we… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The State of New York City says in defense you can use as much force as you feel like the person that… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
The same law that shapes the earth-star shapes the snow-star. As surely as the petals of a flower are fixed, each of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Immigration law doesn't exist for the purpose of keeping criminals out. It exists to protect all aspects of American life. The work… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Again and again, there is no respect for the United Nations Charter that makes it illegal under international law to seek regime… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Through educational programs, community engagement and legislative efforts, players, owners and the NFL are working with law enforcement, advocacy groups and legislators… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
The Courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise will instead of judgement; the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain — there is nothing in… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image