But a law, however venerable be the sanction, cannot suddenly transform the temper of the times . . . — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I'm no saint, but there are times when I simply cannot sanction freedom from responsibility. — Jim Steranko Copy Share Image
I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We understand that the Iranian position is very bad because of the well-known sanctions against that country, and it would be unfair… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
You are always trying to please people before you get to the public whenever you do anything that requires a corporate body… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
“one state commits an illegal act against another state, and refuses to make reparation or to appear before an international tribunal, there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that… — Paul Harris Copy Share Image
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There have always been different opinions on some elements of our sanction policy. It will probably stay that way... What is important… — Federica Mogherini Copy Share Image
It is exceedingly deleterious to withdraw the sanction of religion from amusement. If we feel that it is all injurious we should… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“But the law is made, generally, by one man, or by one class of men. And as law cannot exist without the… — Frédéric Bastiat Copy Share Image
I like to imagine, as a thought experiment, the day, perhaps not too far off, when a Republican president nominates a Supreme… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
The sanction of force stands behind the medley of personal orders and regulations of Martial Law. The sanction of the people's consent… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
Reasonable ideas which find their sanction in the conscience of the righteous do not die; they are consequently realities and active forces,… — Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Copy Share Image
I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In a certain way, my work had set me up to be against lots of things. If there wasn't some sort of… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
We believe that unilateral sanctions violate international law, in fact. They violate free trade. They violate human growth and development, human development,… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Look through the whole history of countries professing the Romish religion, and you will uniformly find the leaven of this besetting and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Charity and good-nature give a sanction to the most common actions; and pride and ill-nature make our best virtues despicable. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
When we want to let go of a situation no matter what it is we must be able to "bless" it. When… — Sue Augustine Copy Share Image
Universal Credit claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction. — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business,… — Dev Anand Copy Share Image
