#law

It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#democracies #exhibit #form #law #masses

By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract. ↗

— Chris Noth

#contract #especially #five-year #hit #i

And I went off to Stanford, I was pretty young and pretty naive. And I had a professor I really loved, who was himself a lawyer. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#himself #i #lawyer #loved #naive

If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package. ↗

— Ted Nugent

#immigration #immigration laws #laws #nation #our

Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration. ↗

— Ted Nugent

#i #immigration #law-abiding #legal #legal immigration

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it. ↗

— Jim Nussle

#accountability #actually #certainly #government #know

Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#building #building blocks #enacting #fundamental #huge

Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#basic idea #child #chooses #create #deliberately

Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#beliefs #case #failings #flaws #honest

It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge. ↗

— Soledad O'Brien

#appease #country #day #federal #federal judge