Precedents Quotes
35 quotes by 27 authors
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It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens…
— James Madison
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The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.
— Belva Ann Lockwood
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
— William Cowper
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Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies may…
— James Madison
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If you are strong enough, there are no precedents.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue, seen plain and…
— Mary McCarthy
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Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be…
— George Washington
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
— John F. Kennedy
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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the…
— Irving Kaufman
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Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to…
— Laurence J. Peter
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. . . the example given by the Nazi regime as to the ability of a modern state to destroy human lives with the same…
— Omer Bartov
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The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.
— Claude Debussy
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The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning…
— Samuel Johnson
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As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents…
— George Washington
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As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for…
— Samuel Johnson
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We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
— Douglas Coupland
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Precedents are treated by powerful minds as fetters with which to bind down the weak, as reasons with which to mistify the moderately informed, and…
— Charles Babbage
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If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified by the President…
— Charles A. Beard
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One of the worst consequences politically would be for the majority of Democrats to vote for someone who, in the near future, would overturn well-established…
— Ralph Neas
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I love Obama, and I love the fact that it's a black president of the United States of America, but he's not the first black…
— Lupe Fiasco
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