Laws Quotes

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The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. — Noam Chomsky
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is… — Noam Chomsky
The more laws, the less justice. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Laws are silent in time of war. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. — Emile M. Cioran
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. — Arthur C. Clarke
Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made. — Grover Cleveland
I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have… — Gloria Allred
A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction. — A. R. Ammons
Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take. — A. R. Ammons
Magic speaks to the child in all of us. No matter how sophisticated we become, there's still a part of us who wants to believe… — Criss Angel
It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. — Kofi Annan
I don't like to think of laws as rules you have to follow, but more as suggestions. — George Carlin
No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will… — Richard G. Scott
Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in… — Thomas Jefferson
I will lead you to the City Hall, clean out the police force, hang the Prosecuting Attorney, burn every book that has a particle of… — Denis Kearney
The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for,… — George Washington
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
Our laws were not designed to accommodate three or four thousand refugees coming here per day. Our laws were designed for people to be screened… — Jimmy Carter
Most illegal immigrants are not by nature lawbreakers. Most are looking for the chance to live in dignity. Nevertheless we must continue to discourage illegal… — William J. Clinton
Our immigration policy is focussed in four areas: First, strengthening border control; second, protecting American jobs by enforcing laws against illegal immigrants at the workplace;… — William J. Clinton
It is wrong, and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws that we have seen...in… — William J. Clinton

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