#law

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with the result that the Law of Diminishing Returns has begun to apply. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#begun #composers #diminishing #further #i

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#elected #i #lawyer #trial #trial lawyer

The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#asserts #being #cannot #creator #every

The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers are forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment, yet they have little say in how the unions spend their money. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#claim #comes #condition #deck #dues

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#doctors #kill #lawyers #merely #only

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#ethics #guilty #law #man #only

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do? ↗

— Lee Child

#could #frustrating #great #just #know

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#american president #applied #been #every #hanged

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#accountable #actions #clear #criminal #law

The severity of the laws prevents their execution. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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