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...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one… — Phil Gramm
Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally. — Phil Gramm
I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement, increased immigration and amnesty] to… — Jan C. Ting
I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It… — Roderick Haig-Brown
Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine… — Hugo Grotius
The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this… — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and the gospel into… — Robert D. Brinsmead
I would absolutely never use the federal government to enforce the law of using marijuana — Ron Paul
In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cannabis never killed anybody and it's use is widespread. You can"t stop it. The law defeats itself because all the efforts to stop drugs coming… — Unknown Author
I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body,… — Alexander Shulgin
It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with… — Thomas Jefferson
Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security… — Albert Einstein
Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law. — Henry David Thoreau
The colonists are by the law of nature free-born, as indeed all man are, white or black...It is a clear truth that those who every… — James Otis
So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from… — John Stuart Mill
What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense. — Frederic Bastiat
Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service… — Frederic Bastiat
Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If… — Edward Abbey
I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed. — Alexander Hamilton
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last,… — Alexander Hamilton
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign… — Alexander Hamilton
Were it not that it might require too long a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate that a large and well-organized republic can… — Alexander Hamilton

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