Precedent Quotes · Page 2

All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.

— Julius Caesar

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

— Anonymous

Precedents once established are so much positive power.

— James Madison

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

— Sallust

Precedent goes in support of justice.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I don't follow precedent, I establish it.

— Fanny Ellen Holtzman

I would rather create a precedent than find one.

— William O. Douglas

I always look for judges who respect precedent.

— Susan Collins

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.

— Elbert Hubbard

All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.

— Christo

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

— Nate Silver

When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.

— Owen Hart

Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.

— Nikola Tesla

I don't think in Art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one & terrifying & threatening & bursting with hope.

— Martha Graham

A precedent provides legal authority for an action precisely because it occurred before.

— Ari Melber

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.

— Thomas Jefferson

The American Civil Liberties Union, has helped neutralize the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of our legal system by seeking new legal precedents.

— Bill Bright

A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a…

— Sam Walter Foss

Clouds of a different sort signal an environmental holocaust without precedent. Once again, world leaders waffle, hoping the danger will dissipate. Yet…

— Al Gore

There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the…

— Walt Mossberg

If settled means that it cant be re-examined, thats one thing. If settled means that it is a precedent that is entitled…

— Samuel Alito

To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of…

— David Barton

I will look, your Honor, and endeavor to find a precedent, if you require it; though it would seem to be a…

— Rufus Choate

A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till…

— Thomas Jefferson

The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby…

— Cormac McCarthy

There's quite obviously the desire to open the rule sets that allow for inclusion or disclusion. I think that my hope would…

— Kehinde Wiley

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

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

What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife…

— Barbara Boxer

But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that…

— Nikola Tesla

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

Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of…

— George Washington

Stability means respecting precedents.

— Arlen Specter

What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.

— Tacitus

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

— Glen Cook

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of…

— Edward Young

The effort to strive for truth has to precede all other efforts.

— Albert Einstein

We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.

— Bashar al-Assad

It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.

— Howard Carter