Clauses Quotes

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Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause - that it must be lived… — Soren Kierkegaard
In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce… — Russell Pearce
The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last… — F L Lucas
The Establishment Clause . . . stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders . . . that religion is too… — Hugo Black
In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to… — James Madison
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will. — Francois Rabelais
If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement,… — Alfred Adler
Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also, should introduce… — Luther Burbank
People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player.… — Art Donovan
We shall not bind ourselves by treaties. We shall not allow ourselves to be entangled by treaties. We reject all clauses on plunder and violence,… — Vladimir Lenin
The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to… — John Cornyn
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause. — Theresa May
If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three… — Charles Morgan
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration. — Arlen Specter
There is between sleep and us something like a pact, a treaty with no secret clauses, and according to this convention it is agreed that,… — Maurice Blanchot
Muggles have garden gnomes, too, you know," Harry told Ron as they crossed the lawn. "Yeah, I've seen those things they think are gnomes," said… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Every love relationship rests on an unwritten agreement unthinkingly concluded by the lovers in the first weeks of their love. They are still in a… — Milan Kundera
I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you to read it from… — Jeffrey Eugenides
We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from… — Jeannette Walls
The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence but a long-winded sentence with a lot of unnecessary… — Margaret Atwood

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