Against Quote by Edward Coke Download Open image “How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.” — Edward Coke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Against Continued Force Hath How Law Long Reason
Every constitution..., and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years [a generation]. If it be enforced longer, it is anact of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
It may not come immediately, nor from the obvious source but the law applies unfailingly, through some invisible force. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The law is not an end in itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we think is… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease. — Tennessee Celeste Claflin Copy Share Image
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. — Richard Schickel Copy Share Image
Under what law each thing was created, and how necessary it is for it to continue under this, and how it cannot annul the… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Subdue By force, who reason for their law refuse, Right reason for their law. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls. — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void. — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many. — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways. — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for the taking and enjoying of the same. — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have… — Bobby Lee Copy Share Image
I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way. — Manny Pacquiao Copy Share Image
It's going to be used in the last days to get people to come against Christ, and that's the issue: they come against the… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab… — Mordechai Vanunu Copy Share Image
In France they spend six months training policemen, then they give them a gun and put them on the streets, and I don't know… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
