Quotes with law-makers

Quotes 181 till 200 of 429.

  • Ada Cambridge Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes.
    Ada Cambridge
    English-born Australian writer (1844 - 1926)
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  • Antonio Villaraigosa Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
    Antonio Villaraigosa
    American politician (1953 - )
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  • Charles De Montesquieu Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • Ben Hecht Listen, little boy. In this business, there's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Bruce Babbitt Look, I think by the time my case was over and other ones, everybody on both sides of the aisle in Congress said we can't run a government by this kind of process and they repealed the law and that's good.
    Bruce Babbitt
    American attorney and politician (1938 - )
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  • Al Stewart Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
    Al Stewart
    Scottish singer-songwriter (1945 - )
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  • William Law Love and pity and wish well to every soul in the world; dwell in love, and then you dwell in God.
    William Law
    English priest (1686 - 1761)
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  • William Law Love has no errors, for all errors are the want for love.
    William Law
    English priest (1686 - 1761)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Herbert Kaufman Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.
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  • Will Durant Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Benazir Bhutto Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Seneca Modesty forbids what the law does not.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Blake Bailey My father was a golden boy from a very small town. He won a very prestigious law scholarship to NYU Law School, and there in Greenwich Village, he met my mother, who was very young, fresh off the boat from Germany.
    Blake Bailey
     
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  • Bobbie Ann Mason My father-in-law was a pilot. During World War II, he was shot down in a B-17 over Belgium. With the help of the French Resistance, he made his way through Occupied France and back to his base in England.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Anthony Doerr My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Solomon Short Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed?
    Solomon Short
     
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