#laws

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#body #challenge #corresponding #declaration #duly

I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever since that experience, I have long believed that our federal government could use 'a little Texas sunshine.' ↗

— John Cornyn

#believed #could #ever #experience #federal

Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer. ↗

— Angela Davis

#been #black #course #deal #great

Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag. ↗

— Larry Craig

#amendment #away #clear #congress #cut

I don't look in the mirror and think that I have flaws. I actually look in the mirror and see me. I see a lot of different characters and a lot of different things. ↗

— Elisha Cuthbert

#characters #different #different characters #different things #flaws

Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they don't apply to you. ↗

— Dick Francis

#crime #ignore #inconvenient #laws #life

All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes. ↗

— Marilyn French

#eyes #laws #men #rapists #their

If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures? ↗

— Martin Gardner

#cover #creates #creatures #dancing #god

But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown. ↗

— David Dinkins

#brown #courts #dismissed #lawsuits #lee

Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this, and 36 states do. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#country #drinking #driving #highways #how