Quotes About Rule of law

A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.

We are a country based on the rule of law.

We're a country of rule of law, and rule of law doesn't move fast, especially in an entity as big the U.S. government.

At the end of the day, we must respect the rule of law in respective jurisdictions.

Because, when it comes to restoring the rule of law, I can't change my mind and I won't change the subject.

I believe Judge Kavanaugh will be a justice whose adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law will be a credit to the Court and all Americans.

The attorney general should be a watchdog for the rule of law, not a lapdog for the president - simple as that.

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

We must abandon our belief that human choice denigrates the Rule of Law.

When we fight to uphold the rule of law, it's vital we uphold the rule of law as we fight. Otherwise we simply play into the hands of the terrorists and undermine our values and system of justice.

If I were to say anything to people I may say people should vote for those who are respectful to democracy, rule of law, who get on well with people.

There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote to end segregation. What changed things was the rule of law, the courts. Brown v. Board of Education was ushered in by a movement, but it was a legal decision.

I believe in the rule of law, and I respect the will of Colorado voters.

Where there is law, and where there is government, there is security.

Alleging that the Mormons had committed a long list of treasonous acts, in May 1857 Buchanan dispatched a contingent of federal officials to restore the rule of law in Utah, including a new territorial governor to replace Brigham Young. More ominously, the new president ordered twenty-five hundred heavily armed soldiers to escort these officials into Salt Lake City and subdue the Saints if necessary. For all intents and purposes, the United States had declared war on the Mormons.

How, then, in an hour of anxiety about the future of the country, at a time when a president of the United States appears determined to undermine the rule of law, a free press, and the sense of hope essential to American life, can those with deep concerns about the nation's future enlist on the side of the angels?

We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.

For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king, and there ought to be no other.

I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done - and perhaps the most damaging thing that has happened in American politics in my lifetime. Because once the rule of law is absent in money matters, then anything really goes in politics.

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.

Democracy only has substance if there's the rule of law. That is, if people believe that the votes are going to be counted, and they are counted. If they believe that there's a judiciary out there that will make sense of things if there's some challenge. If there isn't rule of law, people will be afraid to vote the way they want to vote.

The U.S. Attorneys who comprise the Attorney General's Advisory Committee play a critical role in carrying out the Department of Justice's important work, including its efforts to reduce violent crime, combat the opioid crisis, protect the most vulnerable, and enforce the rule of law.

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.

We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.