Quotes 521 till 540 of 791.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and I am a venture capitalist. I think no matter how great a nurse she is, she wouldn't earn a one-thousandth of what I can make, if that.
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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.
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Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.
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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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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.
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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.
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Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
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Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.
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Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.
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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present.
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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.
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That old law about ''an eye for an eye'' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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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.
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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.
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The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
Speach Glasgow 19 November 1870 -
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
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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.
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