Law Quote by S. M. Stirling Download Open image ““necessity had no respect for law. Even custom must bow to it at times.”” — S. M. Stirling ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Law Respect Time
“Necessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary.” — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
"...arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable." — Luther L. Bohanon Copy Share Image
“You couldn't lay down the law and then sulk when no one challenged it.” — Sydney Landon Copy Share Image
“The standard set up by statute is not a rule of law, it is rather a way of life.” — Telpner Copy Share Image
“O God, You know me to be set in the midst of great peril. Grant me such strength of mind and body, that those… — S. M. Stirling Copy Share Image
“People change when they get older. They get more . . . cautious. They’ve been hit harder and more often. It doesn’t mean they’re stupid or timid—Mom” — S. M. Stirling Copy Share Image
“remember that even if you intend to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.” — S. M. Stirling Copy Share Image
“Raptors like these falcons were solitary by nature; they didn’t even like each other except in the mating season, much less humans. All you… — S. M. Stirling Copy Share Image
“You can’t make a falcon love you, but you can convince its little bird brain that sitting on your glove means a full croup.”… — S. M. Stirling Copy Share Image
“Good to have powerful friends. Even better to be a powerful friend, neh?” — S. M. Stirling Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left… — Abul A'la Maududi Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac. — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image