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Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior - and we need to change laws… — Ban Ki-moon
The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter,… — Maximilien Robespierre
Artistic creation, after all, is not subject to absolute laws, valid from age to age; since it is related to the more general aim of… — Andrei Tarkovsky
If we can implant in our people the Christian virtues which we sum up in the word character, and, at the same time, give them… — Unknown Author
Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them. — Aristotle
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve. — Clarence Darrow
Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God… — Ebenezer Elliott
Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt. — Jay Leno
Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of Congress.… — John Foster Dulles
It will not do to say that it is out of woman's sphere to assist in making laws, for if that were so, then it… — Amelia Bloomer
I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation. — Belva Ann Lockwood
To the Jews, Rome constituted the quintessence of all that was odious and should be swept away from off the face of the earth. They… — Joseph Kastein
It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what… — J M Coetzee
When men no longer fear God, they transgress His laws without hesitation. The fear of consequences is no deterrent when the fear of God is… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of… — George Washington
God created the law of free will, and God created the law of cause and effect. And he himself will not violate the law. We… — Marianne Williamson
I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws. — Rupert Sheldrake
Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them. — Mary Frances Berry
At each stage...entirely new laws, concepts and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. — Poul Anderson
Liberals don't care. Their approach is to rip out society's foundations without asking if they serve any purpose. Why do we have immigration laws? What's… — Ann Coulter
Christian morality, laws rooted in the secular humanist belief that all consensual sexual acts are morally equal. That belief is anti-biblical and amoral; to codify… — Pat Buchanan
If I had my life to live over again I would not devote it to develop new industrial processes: I would try to add my… — Leo Baekeland
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to… — Orson Scott Card
Of course, the truth is that the congresspersons are too busy raising campaign money to read the laws they pass. The laws are written by… — Dave Barry

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