Legality Quotes
28 quotes by 26 authors
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Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law…
— Robert Byrd
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The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming, their…
— Hugh Nibley
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The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the…
— Ravi Zacharias
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I have an intellectual inclination for democratic institutions, but I am instinctively an aristocrat, which means that I despise and fear the masses. I passionately…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Where a government has come into power through some form of popular vote, fraudulent or not, and maintains at least an appearance of constitutional legality,…
— Che Guevara
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There are three states of legality in Irish law. There is all this stuff which comes under That's grand, then it moves into Ah now…
— Dara O Briain
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It is reasonable to insist that when the government deprives a person of his or her liberty? and in this case for an indefinite period…
— Jeff Bingaman
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The fantastic is always a break in the acknowledged order, an irruption of the inadmissible within the changeless everyday legality
— Roger Caillois
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You can't simply redefine Jerusalem. The Palestinian claim is based on legality, on the international recognition that the situation created by the war in '67…
— Hanan Ashrawi
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When people criticize me for not having any respect for existing structures and institutions, I protest. I say I give institutions and structures and traditions…
— Myles Horton
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There are a lot of things that I really question - the legality of the drone strikes, these NSA revelations. Jimmy Carter came out and…
— Matt Damon
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Morality and legality have nothing to do with one another.
— Ashly Lorenzana
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Legality alone is no guide for a moral people. There are many things in this world that have been, or are, legal but clearly immoral.…
— Walter E. Williams
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The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different regions of Bolivia.…
— Evo Morales
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People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.
— Jeff Bingaman
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The Englishman walks before the law like a trained horse in the circus. He has the sense of legality in his bones, in his muscles.
— Maxim Gorky
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But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States…
— Richard Perle
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Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we aren't just ceding…
— Edward Snowden
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Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with legality.
— Linus Torvalds
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Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.
— Isaac of Nineveh
Who Wrote These Legality Quotes
26 authors contributed a total of 28 Legality Quotes, led by these top contributors: