Quotes with law-enforcement

Quotes 241 till 260 of 419.

  • Justinian Safety of the state is the highest law.
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  • Cat Stevens Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • John Dryden Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Andrew Marvell Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
    Andrew Marvell
    English poet, satirist and politician (1621 - 1678)
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  • Brigham Young Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.
    Race Journal of Discourses, vol. 10, p. 110.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Seneca Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Immanuel Kant So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
    Immanuel Kant
    German philosopher (1724 - 1804)
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  • Bono So I humbly accept the honor, keeping in mind the words of a British playwright, John Mortimer it was, No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense and relatively clean fingernails. Well at best I've got one of the two of those.
    PENN Address (2004)
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Aaron Neville So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years.
    Aaron Neville
    American soul and country singer (1941 - )
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  • Solon Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
    Solon
    Greek statesman (638 - 558)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Heinrich Suso Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.
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  • Bayard Rustin Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
    Bayard Rustin
    American activist (1912 - 1987)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Taste cannot be controlled by law.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • William Gilmore Simms Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.
    William Gilmore Simms
    American poet, novelist and historian (1806 - 1870)
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  • Anna Lindh Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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  • Martin Luther King That old law about ''an eye for an eye'' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Ben Okri The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • John Ruskin The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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