Quotes with father-in-law

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  • Joseph Addison Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • A. V. Dicey Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law.
    Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution
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  • Francis Maitland Balfour The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
    Francis Maitland Balfour
    British biologist (1851 - 1882)
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  • Aristotle At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Mark Twain A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Donald Trump Any violation of civil rights will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted by my administration. No one will be above the law.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Joseph Addison That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • C. P. Snow A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and who have with considerable gusto been expressing their incredulity at the illiteracy of scientists. Once or twice I have been provoked and have asked the company how many of them could describe the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The response was cold: it was also negative. Yet I was asking something which is about the scientific equivalent of: Have you re
    The Two Cultures (1959)
    C. P. Snow
    English novelist (1905 - 1980)
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  • Adam Clayton Powell A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
    Keep the Faith, Baby!
    Adam Clayton Powell
    American politician and pastor (1908 - 1972)
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  • Bernard Law Montgomery Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.
    Bernard Law Montgomery
    British general (1887 - 1976)
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  • Bennie Thompson Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Alan Thicke As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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  • Alan Thicke As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • William Law Be intent on the perfection of the present day.
    William Law
    English priest (1686 - 1761)
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  • Charles Wadsworth By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
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  • Aristotle I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Harold S. Geneen I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality.
    Harold S. Geneen
    American Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT (1910 - 1997)
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  • Thomas Hobbes It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • Russell Wayne Baker It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.
    Russell Wayne Baker
    American writer (1925 - 2019)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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