Laws Quotes

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want - not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.

In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools.

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.

Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.

According to well-known electrodynamic laws, an electron moving in a magnetic field is acted upon by a force which runs perpendicular to the direction of motion of the electron and to the direction of the magnetic field, and whose magnitude is easily determined.

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point.

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from.

The laws are still very unclear. Cells are still taken from people without consent - a lot of people don't realize it.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

If we knew exactly the laws of nature and the situation of the universe at the initial moment, we could predict exactly the situation of the same universe at a succeeding moment.

No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.

Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass and the effectiveness with which those laws are implemented on civil society and the economy.

First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our laws and undermines national security efforts.

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.

Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist.

Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.

Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they existed outside the usual laws of nature; that there was no other group so handsome, so engaged.