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Law Quotes by Lee Kuan Yew
- If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law –…
- But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint from the any…
- We have over a hundred political detainees, men against whom we are unable to prove anything in a court of law. Nearly 50 of them…
- It is not the practice, now will I allow subversives to get away by insisting that I’ve got to prove everything against them in a…
- The same law applies to me. Nobody has sued me for libel because I do not defame my enemies.
- I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare…
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- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong
- This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me… — Joe Arpaio
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson