Laws Quotes

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It is unreasonable [for a father] to expect moral success with [his] children without submitting to the laws of morality. — Larry Christenson
For all professional pilots there exists a kind of guild, without charter and without by-laws. it demands no requirements for inclusion save an understanding of… — Beryl Markham
Even though New York is the safest big city in the nation, there are still far too many illegal guns on our streets. Nearly all… — Michael Bloomberg
For Indigenous Australians, equal rights and citizenship have not always translated into full participation in Australian society. All Indigenous Australians have only been counted in… — Jackie Huggins
As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise,… — Charles Koch
Rest enough for the individual man, too much and too soon, and we call it death. But for man, no rest and no ending. He… — H.G. Wells
Is it not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they were made? Or… — Henry David Thoreau
Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone… — William Shenstone
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a… — David Hume
This thing is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know, and I am not able to convince you that… — Isaac Newton
Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. — Vittorio Alfieri
Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. — Huston Smith
Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the imperialists out, and b) what kind of… — Ken Loach
If our government has a policy, any political subdivision, that limits or restricts the enforcement of our immigration laws, we will sue them! And that… — Russell Pearce
But my view is that you need a system at the border. You need some fencing but you need technology. You need boots on the… — Janet Napolitano
The underlying assumption that human nature is basically the same at all times, everywhere, and obeys eternal laws beyond human control, is a conception that… — Isaiah Berlin
Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against… — Edward Snowden
There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our… — Aaron Swartz
Women becoming, consequently, weakerthan they ought to behave not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; and sacrificing to lasciviousness the parental… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law depends.... — George Bernard Shaw
You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is… — Emmeline Pankhurst
When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real… — Hilary Mantel
Today courts wrongly interpret separation of church and state to mean that religion has no place in the public arena, or that morality derived from… — Dinesh D'Souza
The good society is marked by a high degree of order, justice, and freedom. Among these, order has primacy: for justice cannot be enforced until… — Russell Kirk
The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies. — John Lescroart

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