A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every presidential candidate for decades has released his tax returns, and I've released 33 years of my tax returns. The American people… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Even if Zuma was to develop the authoritarian impulses of a Mugabe, he would be checked—not least by his own party, which… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We have a much bigger objective. We've got to look at the long run here. This is an example - the situation… — Stansfield Turner Copy Share Image
My feeling is that the judge has a responsibility to the Constitution first, precedent second. Precedent is one factor. It is not… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made… — Anthony Lane Copy Share Image
Precedents are treated by powerful minds as fetters with which to bind down the weak, as reasons with which to mistify the… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
For those who have only to obey, law is what the sovereign commands. For the sovereign, in the throes of deciding what… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
Well, to have some teams come at you like Montreal did, it’s definitely flattering, and I think it was good for me… — Brandon Prust Copy Share Image
Chelsea Manning's treachery put American lives at risk and exposed some of our nation's most sensitive secrets. President Obama now leaves in… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The States should be watchful to note every material usurpation on their rights; to denounce them as they occur in the most… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“A great believer in precedent,' Della Street said. 'I think if he were ever confronted with a really novel situation he'd faint.… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
'Diversity' is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
In the Studio Museum in Harlem, when I was dealing with that community and dealing with my peers in the streets, it… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Judges wear legal professionalism and precedent as a mantel that secures legitimacy for their decisions. It's how they distinguish themselves from politicians… — Yochai Benkler Copy Share Image
Custom is the law of one description of fools, and fashion of another; but the two parties often clash--for precedent is the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I am sorry they began their deliberations by so abominable a precedent as that of tying up the tongues of their members.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I had a very long discussion with Justice Gorsuch in my office, and he pointed out to me that he is a… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis, by postulating… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
This is how great intellectual breakthroughs usually happen in practice. It is rarely the isolated genius having a eureka moment alone in… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Sending Paris Hilton to jail for being the most loathed celeprosy lesion in the history of the species seems like a happening… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment. And there is a growing body of legal precedent… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants… — James Madison Copy Share Image
And because the condition of Man, (as hath been declared in the precedent Chapter) is a condition of Warre of every one… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
So what I'm trying to say is you should text me back. Because there's a precedent. Because there's an urgency. Because there's… — Marina Keegan Copy Share Image
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
If we allow the United States to set the precedent that national borders don't matter when it comes to the protection of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
![“What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), they'll think they can do anything to the environment - anything at all. Drilling in Yosemite? In the Grand Canyon? What's next?” quote by Barbara Boxer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9a/barbara-boxer-4675_anwr_what-they-jim-demint-and-the-oil-lobby-d_893830.jpg)
