Laws Quotes

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I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws,… — Michael Bloomberg
As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice, and were… — David Brainerd
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable. — Robert Bork
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow… — Christian Nestell Bovee
I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws,… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and… — Matthew Broderick
We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law. — John O. Brennan
By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from… — John O. Brennan
The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of… — John O. Brennan
But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country.… — H. Rap Brown
I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time. — Robert Browning
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. — Luther Burbank
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature. — Luther Burbank
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. — Edmund Burke
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke
Laws, like houses, lean on one another. — Edmund Burke
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live. — George W. Bush
We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and… — Robert Byrd
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn… — Truman Capote
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books. — Orson Scott Card
Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive. — Alexis Carrel
I think the existence of zombies would contradict certain laws of nature in our world. It seems to be a law of nature, in our… — David Chalmers
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as… — Nicolas Chamfort
No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest… — Hugo Chavez
The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers… — Linda Chavez

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