Rules Quotes

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Government is merely an attempt to express the conscience of everybody, the average conscience of the nation, in the rules that everybody is commanded to… — Woodrow Wilson
Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details, which must be attended to if rules have to be… — Alexis de Tocqueville
If Christ's message could be distilled down to one line, that line would have to do with kindness and inclusiveness, not rules and divisiveness. — Roland Merullo
Under the rules of a society that cannot distinguish between profit and profiteering, between money defined as necessity and money defined as luxury, murder is… — Lewis H. Lapham
The political class can't imagine a decentralized world where good things happen...without them. But in the real world, that's exactly how good things happen, and… — John Stossel
I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex. — John Malkovich
... the growing child must not be treated by those rigid rules of criminal procedure which confessedly fail to prevent offenses on the part of… — Julia Lathrop
They said it was against the rules to take sides on a controversial issue. I said, 'I wish you had told me that during World… — Howard K. Smith
There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away. — Will Shetterly
To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens,… — Plato
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does. — Phil Abraham
Slowly the foreign air enter me. I feel tingles and sensations. My life becomes a fantasy. Cannabis now rules thee. — Jude the Apostle
You wan't to invent new ideas, not new rules. — Dan Heath
The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside… — Price Pritchett
It's all about choices! You choose, you make the rules, not tobacco companies, not addiction — John Kehoe
Six feet under the stars is a place that doesn't exist. It's a place in your mind where everything and anything is possible. It's a… — Alex Gaskarth
The style police think that what we look like is more important than anything, and it is their job to seek out and punish those… — Kaz Cooke
Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men because without them,… — Jack Donovan
Good, law-abiding, value-oriented citizens are the ultimate in hypocrisy; "majority rules" and the law are exactly the same as being the biggest bully on the… — William J. Murray
Democracy, or "majority rules," is another trick of our society to force us to do things we don't want to do. Even if we actually… — William J. Murray

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