Statutes Quotes

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Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith may be enacted… — John Dewey
Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can control terrestrial forces… — James A. Garfield
The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes . . .… — John Quincy Adams
What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against tyranny of their… — Alexander Hamilton
The state has a right to do that [outlaw contraceptives], I have never questioned that the state has a right to do that. It is… — Rick Santorum
All statutes to the contrary are revoked. — Paulo Coelho
Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of… — John Rawls
Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved… — Origen
A business is not defined by its name, statutes, or articles of incorporation. It is defined by the business mission. Only a clear definition of… — Peter Drucker
Due to the oath I swore to the constitution when I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, by virtue of the universal human right… — Adam Kokesh
The education of youth should be watched with the most scrupulous attention. [I]t is much easier to introduce and establish an effectual system ... than… — Noah Webster
Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession, or was at… — William Howard Taft
The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse… — Mark Twain
The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of course abolish the… — Hjalmar Branting
The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when endangered by… — Grover Cleveland
Duty is a better guide than stars or statutes. — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
The American nation, in its march onward and upward, can not publicly choke the intellectual and political activity of half its citizens by narrow statutes. — Victoria Woodhull
When three liberals get together they form a new party; that is their idea of individualism. They never join a bowling club without introducing as… — Oswald Spengler
Genial manners are good, and power of accommodation to any circumstance, but the high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a man is to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he… — Barbara Olson

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