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Quotes About Law

Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. They'll solve it." Reggie chuckled when he realized Sebastian was puzzled, if only momentarily. "That's the real name for Scotland Yard, which is actually the name of the street and the building where they are housed.
~ Barbara Taylor Bradford
Then you have perhaps read the Book of Exodus. You certainly must know the Ten Commandments?' She nodded affirmatively, and he expounded further: 'The Ten Commandments were given to our people by Moses, when he led us out of Egypt and created the Jewish
~ Barbara Taylor Bradford
A Fed, a local, and a consultant.
~ Barry Eisler
Because mankind can circumvent evolutionary law, it is incumbent upon him, say evolutionary biologists, to develop another law to abide by if he wishes to survive, to not outstrip his food base. He must learn restraint.
~ Barry Lopez
Useful thing a warrant. Murder and theft change their names if you have one.
~ Barry Unsworth
Justice is a mighty fine thing.
~ Barry Unsworth
Jesus says, "You have heard it said, 'Whoever divorces his wife should give her a certificate of divorce' [a command found in Deut. 24:1], but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife for reason other than sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." It is hard to see how one can follow Moses' command to give a certificate of divorce, if in fact divorce is not an option.
~ Bart D. Ehrman
in fact it is very difficult to find any instance in which he actually did what the law forbade. What he violated was the understanding and interpretation of the law by other Jewish leaders of his day, especially the Pharisees, who had developed complex rules to be adopted in order to be sure the law was kept.
~ Bart D. Ehrman
In the 1500s, it was a crime to be caught kissing in Naples, Italy. The punishment? Death!
~ Bart King
Despite the clarity of that imperative, and despite the seven death sentences that had been pronounced on Nazi scientists who were judged to have violated it, the Nuremberg Code was never incorporated into United States law.
~ Stephen Kinzer
The Mahaparinirvana Sutra says, "All things are impermanent. This is the law of appearing and disappearing. When appearing and disappearing disappear, then this stillness is bliss.
~ Stephen Mitchell
It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
~ Stephen R. Covey
if you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results you seek.
~ Stephen R. Covey
human behavior, in human relationships. They, too, are natural systems based on the law of the harvest.
~ Stephen R. Covey
Cecil B. DeMille observed of the principles contained in his monumental movie, The Ten Commandments, "It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
~ Stephen R. Covey
If he tormented himself with unattainable desires, he would cripple his grasp on the law which enabled him to survive. His imagination could kill him, lead or seduce or trick him into suicide: seeing all the things he could not have would make him despair.
~ Stephen R. Donaldson
Crime is one of the many methods justice may select.
~ Steve Aylett
If you use the law to judge others, go ahead, but don't assume that your judgment mimics the judgement of God.
~ Steve Brown
The only thing I know about Moses is him coming down from the mountain with the commandments and saying 'The good news is I got him down to 10. The bad news is adultery is still in.
~ Steve Kluger
declarations and clearance documents
~ Steve Martini
Steve Martini
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As we wrote earlier, the law of unintended consequences is among the most potent laws in existence.
~ Steven D. Levitt
Peter Leeson, whose research has covered topics like Gypsy law and pirate economics, did just that.
~ Steven D. Levitt
Los sesenta y setenta fueron, en retrospectiva, una época fabulosa para ser delincuente callejero en la mayor parte de las ciudades norteamericanas. Las probabilidades de recibir un castigo eran tan bajas —fue la época de auge de un sistema judicial liberal y el movimiento a favor de los derechos del delincuente— que cometer un delito sencillamente no resultaba difícil.
~ Steven D. Levitt