Law
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I know this defies the law of gravity, but I never studied law!
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores of executive and judicial appointments on the list of matters that the world's greatest deliberative body is incapable of addressing.
In almost every profession — whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business — people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.
The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war — diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power — and we are developing new tools as we go along.
Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
The spine of the FBI is the rule of law. The spine of the FBI is a commitment to doing the right thing, in the right way, while protecting civil liberties.
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.
We will be a country of generosity and warmth. But we will also be a country of law and order.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.
Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
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.
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.
There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.
An unjust law is no law at all.
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