Crack had a social logic to it, a specific kind of reasoning that drew from a vast well of common experience for its symbolic resonance. Crack stood for pain and power, chaos and order, the...

Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which – grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, “Let there be no compulsion in religion” (2:256) – is arguably the first mandate for...

Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it’s OK.

in every 1st October we Nigerians helps very few of us celebrate there independence, very. soon. we will celebrate our own.

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

In sum,” Midlife said, giving the room his best you-the-jury baritone, “Our defense will be…?” He looked to Matt for the answer/”Blame the other guy,” Matt said.”Which other guy?””Yes.””Huh?””We blame whoever we can,” Matt said....

Ses mains ne tremblent pas. Les jurés ont été tirés au sort lors d’une audience préalable. Elle a découvert leur visage en même temps que Carl, son avocat. Elle se demande sans cesse ce qu’ils...

And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

Growing up in Rhode Island, I dreamed of a career in law enforcement. That hasn’t worked out exactly as I had planned, but life seldom does.

No one is above the law.

Precedence exists in humanity as it does with law.

In a fair and just society you can’t create laws based on how you feel at the worst moment in your life.

FFI are very good on law enforcement. WWF is very weak on that. Both are very good on rehabilitation. Our strength is in habitat management and corporate engagement.

Housing is a human right. There can be no fairness or justice in a society in which some live in homelessness, or in the shadow of that risk, while others cannot even imagine it.

The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to...

Now, they (jurors) should be able to understand what the law is because the instructions are a lot more clear and direct,

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

The jury system was somewhat of an anomaly, like everything else in the law.

From this moment on, all entrance and stay in Gaza is prohibited for Israelis by law. Tomorrow morning from very early, the plan is to go into Gaza and ask them to kindly come with...

The law is not working. It cannot work. It will not work. After the law, we have continued trading with other countries, receiving foreign partners.

I was always interested in law at school; it was a great outlet to argue but not make anyone angry!

Necessity knows no law except to conquer

In law enforcement, there’s a time when you have to disassociate yourself from tragedy because if you can’t, it’ll destroy you, … There’s a point in an investigation where you’re still working on it, but...

Justice? — You get justice in the next world. In this one you have the law.

Ehren wir die Freiheit. Arbeiten wir für den Frieden. Halten wir uns an das Recht. Dienen wir unseren inneren Maßstäben der Gerechtigkeit.”[Ansprache am 8. Mai 1985 in der Gedenkstunde im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages]

We preach and practice brotherhood — not only of man but of all living beings — not on Sundays only but on all the days of the week. We believe in the law of universal...

Ah, here it is. You know, there’s a reason why we pay you young guys $90,000 a year. It’s because we expect you to dig a little deeper.” As it turned out, the provision he...

The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and sword are in partnership, man is a slave. All laws for the purpose of making man worship God,...

God will always deliver the truth when you have enough faith to believe in miracles.

I’m very grateful I went to school to study law, particularly tax law, which really is interesting to me and very useful to me now with my position. Music, however, will always be my number...

My conclusions, on this point, are as follows: when the Law Commission says committal of judgment debtors is an anomaly that cannot be justified and should be abolished; when it is common cause that there...

Law and order are the medicine of the politic body and when the politic body gets sick, medicine must be administered.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

There may be some truth (atheists) do not need to believe in a god to be good, but then if they do not believe in a god, who do they believe gives the Universal Law...

Kama nje ya uwezo wa kisheria ni uovu, hivyo basi, ndani ya uwezo wa kisheria ni wema. Kila mtu amepewa vipaji na Mwenyezi Mungu. Tumia vipaji vyako kutenda mema. Usitumie vipaji vyako kutenda maovu.

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public’s right to know.

The Western world must tell Mugabe to stop the orchestrated violence and abide by the rule of law.

One of the strangest phenomena of our time, and one that will probably be a matter of astonishment to our decedents, is that doctrine which is founded upon this triple hypothesis: the radical passiveness of...

It is the duty of every citizen /resident of any country , nationals as well as expatriates to know the basics of the governing laws of the country one resides.Ignorance of the law or unawareness...

My proudest moment was probably when my oldest boy finished law school and went on to become an FBI agent. It was just beyond my imagination that – with my background – my own son...

The trouble with law is lawyers.

No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds...

Justice isn’t about fixing the past; it’s about healing the past’s future.

[you’ll acquire] A certain amount of cynicism. This business works on you. When you were in law school you had some noble idea what a lawyer should be. A champion of individual rights; a defender...

When I pass the bar, you’ll be barred from bars but put behind them.

There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.

Make ethical choices in what we buy, do, and watch. In a consumer-driven society our individual choices, used collectively for the good of animals and nature, can change the world faster than laws.