I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay. Change the law, and I'll pay what I'm supposed to pay.
David Rubenstein
ChangePeopleLawThinkYouSay
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
Tony Blair
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Law enforcement's biased view of the Irish lives on in the nickname we still use for the vehicles we use to transport groups of prisoners. It is, after all, the 'paddy wagon.' The Irish had tough times, but little compares to the experience on our soil of black Americans.
James Comey
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I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best series of shows that has been on television.
Dennis Farina
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If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.
Scott Pruitt
LawActionRule Of LawPresident
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
Henry David Thoreau
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How can you not have people in leadership roles in our country not supporting the rule of law? That's what separates us from the rest of the countries around the world.
Matt Rosendale
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Lady Justice doesn't have empathy for anyone. She rules strictly based upon the law, and that's really the only way that our system can function properly under the Constitution.
Wendy Long
JusticeEmpathyLawConstitutionWay
The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion - well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district.
Michele Bachmann
LawOpinionLimitsEnoughLongMore
Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.
Anthony Lewis
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Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again.
Lindsey Vonn
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'Law & Order' was amazing but so consuming, I couldn't get to the stage.
Jesse L. Martin
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Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.
David K. Shipler
IntelligenceLawLaw Enforcement
'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.
Tom Price
LawMoreHumanHuman BeingBeing
To accomplish its mission, the FBI relies heavily upon its law enforcement and intelligence partners around the nation and around the globe. By combining our resources and our collective expertise, we are able to investigate national security threats that cross both geographical and jurisdictional boundaries.
It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
Douglas Hofstadter
LawYouAlwaysExpectTakeEven
There is international criminal organizations penetrating our southern based borders, and we need to do something about it. Secure the border, enforce the law, no amnesty, and go forward with the legal immigration system that gives priority to American working families and wages.
Scott Walker
LawForwardBorderLegalAmerican
When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.
Henry James Sumner Maine
LawEndDevelopmentSpontaneousMay
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
Anita Hill
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There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.
Vladimir Putin
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I'm not a lawyer, thank God. Not that there's anything wrong with it. I've never had the brain power for it. I was not the kind of guy who could learn case law.
Michael McKean
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And what I would say now is, yes, if a state enacted a law permitting flogging, it is immensely stupid, but it is not unconstitutional. A lot of stuff that's stupid is not unconstitutional.
Antonin Scalia
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Stewardship of our air and water is a responsibility that should be free of the bias of politics. What's more, environmental regulators should abide by the law.
Luther Strange
WaterResponsibilityPoliticsLaw
However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.
John Boyd Orr
GovernmentLawWorldInevitableMay
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