Statute Quotes

54 quotes by 46 authors

Our statute books gradually became laden with gross, stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and, indeed, throughout much of the 19th century the position of women… — William J. Brennan
The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate… — Harry A. Blackmun
In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment… — Margaret Spellings
No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more… — William Borah
He needs no library, for he has not done thinking; no church, for he is himself a prophet; no statute book, for he hath the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our statute is a currency which we stamp with our own portrait. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The weather behaved itself. In the spring, the little flowers came out obediently in the meads, and the dew sparkled, and the birds sang. In… — T.H. White
Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. — John Thune
While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges… — John Boehner
We must proceed with a full realization that no statute enacted by man can repeal the inexorable laws of nature. — Warren G. Harding
Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs,… — Tony Blair
The distance separating the statute and constitutionality is so abysmal that negotiations are impossible. — Mariano Rajoy
'Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one case as in… — Theodore Roosevelt
It would be a narrow conception of jurisprudence to confine the notion of 'laws' to what is found written on the statute books, and to… — Felix Frankfurter
I care very much about women and their progress. I didn't go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one… — Sandra Day O'Connor
But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be a part of our economic system is violated under statute,… — Clarence Thomas
There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a… — Jodi Picoult
There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit… — Robert A. Heinlein
Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any… — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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