Statutes Quotes

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One of the most solemn responsibilities of the president--and it's set out expressly in the Constitution--is that the president is to take care that the… — Samuel Alito
Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind; And worse, against ourselves. — William Wordsworth
If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the degree… — John L. Lewis
He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make. — Abraham Lincoln
Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. — Sandra Day O'Connor
Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional statutes - because… — George Will
WE two boys together clinging, One the other never leaving, Up and down the roads going, North and South excursions making, Power enjoying, elbows stretching,… — Walt Whitman
Crime is naught but misdirected energy. So long as every institution of today, economic, political, social, and moral, conspires to misdirect human energy into wrong… — Emma Goldman
Care for us! True, indeed! They ne'er cared for us yet: suffer us to famish, and their storehouses crammed with grain; make edicts for usury,… — William Shakespeare
In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes… — Abraham Lincoln
More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of unborn children. Abortion… — Ronald Reagan
Private-sector firms are increasingly active in the prison industry and they and the militantly unionized correctional officers, almost all unskilled labor, constantly lead public demands… — Conrad Black
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the… — Bible
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? / And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree,… — Bible
The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time — Russell Baker
One needs but to study the directory of directories of the great business concerns of the country to determine the extent to which this combination… — Robert La Folette
No political party can ever make prohibition effective. A political party implies an adverse, an opposing, political party. To enf orce criminal statutes implies substantial… — Rutherford Birchard Hayes

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