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Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time. — Sandra Day O'Connor

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

Where has the Scripture made merit the rule or measure of charity?. — William Law

China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law. — Hu Jintao

Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn't exist here in past years. — Josefina Vazquez Mota

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange

Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law. — Mahatma Gandhi

The traditional Confucian structure that invoked ideals of perfect human virtue for harmony must incorporate the rule of law for the modern era. — Patrick Mendis

China is on a march toward rule of law and democracy. — Chen Guangcheng

However, neither rule of law nor political accountability exists in contemporary China any more than they did in dynastic China. — Francis Fukuyama

Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law. — Abbie Hoffman

War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law. — Calvin Coolidge

[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law. — Martin Schulz

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society. — Mo Ibrahim

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. — Ronald Reagan

Drone attacks subvert the rule of law - we become judge, jury, and executioner - at the push of a button. — Mark McKinnon

In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable. — Kirk Cameron

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow' ... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China. — Bernard Law Montgomery

When words lose their meaning and their capacity to bind those who use them, neither democracy nor the rule of law can long survive. — Austin Sarat

If all of us work in accordance with rule of law, if rule of law is implemented, we are all safe, investors are safe, people will be safe. — Veerappa Moily

The police frequently do not enforce the rule of law. — Steven Magee

Arizona has become a national leader in the restoration of the Rule of Law, with over 100,000 illegal aliens having left the state since 2007. — Russell Pearce

There is no rule of law until the Mafia needs lawyers. — Stephen Holmes

We have a problem when the same people who make the law get to decide whether or not they themselves have broken the law. — Michel Templet

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. — Sherrod Brown

Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting. — Fredrik Bajer

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. — Mahmoud Abbas

Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law. — Lawrence Lessig

Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law. — Stockwell Day

I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law. — John Fund

As a democratic Socialist profoundly committed to the rule of law, I could not condone, let alone encourage, defiance of the law. — Anthony Crosland

An excess of law inescapably weakens the rule of law. — Laurence Tribe

The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life. — Giordano Bruno

Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can. — Thucydides

The law as it is considered as a rule can be no more abolished or changed than the nature of good and evil can be abolished or changed. — Samuel Bolton

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words. — Bianca Jagger

Judge [Samuel] Alito has a reputation for being an exceptional and honest judge devoted to the rule of law, as well as being a man of integrity. — Chuck Grassley

The factor that makes people extremely vulnerable to enslavement is the lack of the rule of law. — Kevin Bales

all democratic societies based on the rule of law, on the Tinkerbell Principle: it functioned only so long as its participants believed in it.48 — William J. Bernstein

If our language and culture are not passed on to immigrants, where will they learn to value integrity in government and the rule of law? — Paul Craig Roberts

When scores of indicted criminals sit in parliament who could believe in the rule of law ... — Donna Leon

It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters. — Ludwig Von Mises

Every transgression and disobedience receives a just recompense of reward, except with those who truly love themselves. — Auliq Ice

Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of law. — Sean Penn

The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos. — Meles Zenawi

A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly in cases of doubt. — David Novak

He was teaching the common-law rule against perpetuities, which limits how far into the future a will can control a line of inheritance. — Sonia Sotomayor

Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times. — Warren E. Burger

As
Vargas Llosa has said, "Democracy is an event that provokes yawns in the countries in which rule of law exists."49 — Pope Benedict XVI

You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law. — Jesse Ventura

Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by hating his neighbor as himself. — W.B.Yeats

We'd be safer with musket in a safe town than with an assault rifle in a "without rule of law" world. That may not be sexy, but it's the truth. — Michael Mabee

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law. — Samuel Alito

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly. — Aung San Suu Kyi

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it. — William Law

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes. — Jeb Bush

The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly. — Darrell Issa

It is a rule of international law that weapons and methods of warfare which do not discriminate between combatants and civilians should never be used. — Sean MacBride

when you obey the rules, the rules obey you — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

One of the main arguments that I make in my new book, 'The Great Degeneration,' is that the rule of law in the U.S. is becoming the rule of lawyers. — Niall Ferguson

Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable. — Samantha Power

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law. — Lyndon B. Johnson

We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless in the principle of forgiveness to the powerful. — Christopher Hayes

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency. — Barack Obama

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law. — Calvin Coolidge

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law. — Ken Livingstone

British Conservatives base their entire approach to politics on the rule of law, and rightly so. — William Randolph Hearst

It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is. — Michel De Montaigne

There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen. — Theresa May

Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one's plans for it. — Peter David

I think the Egyptian people need to restore confidence that Americans, the U.S., means what they say when they talk about democracy, rule of law. — Mohamed ElBaradei

No, I think that we've got a basic discrepancy here between the rule of law versus the rule of man. — Roy Moore

He broke the first law of being a vampire when he killed his own kind. If he can't stick to that simple rule, how safe do you think you are? — Derek Landy

In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity Ch.2, 8 — John Locke

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won. — Joichi Ito

Lack of rule of law is the main reason Pakistan could not join the ranks of progressive nations. — Imran Khan

When in all the nations of the world the rule of law is the darling of the leaders and the plague of the people, we ought to begin to recognize this. — Howard Zinn

Big guy and little guy, it should make no difference. The rule of law demands neutrality. — Jon Kyl

A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things. — James Inhofe

For me, public service is an honor, and I have the ultimate respect for the rule of law. — Brian Sandoval

Japan and Australia share the universal values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental human rights. — Shinzo Abe

An Affront to the Rule of Law and to the Constitution Itself — John Boehner

Certain other societies may respect the rule of force
we respect the rule of law. — John F. Kennedy

I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over. — Augusto Pinochet

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights. — Sonia Sotomayor

I think we should always listen to Bill Clinton about everything. And so, if that's his view then that should be the rule of law. — John Heilemann

I think there should be no occasion on which it is absolutely, as a point or rule of law, impossible for a man to redeem his character. — John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Turkey shares Europe's fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law. — Ali Babacan

When justice is more certain and more mild, is at the same time more efficacious. — Alexis De Tocqueville

When dictators and tyrants seek to destroy the freedoms of men, their first target is the legal profession and through it the rule of law. — Leon Jaworski

The Law is used un-lawfully, not when presented as the rule of the believer's life, but when it is opposed to Christ! — Arthur W. Pink

A law of survival, Ragle had said. Those who refused to respond to the new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish . . . version of a timeless rule. — Philip K. Dick

The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow. — Steve King

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government. — Bertrand Russell

It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors. — Dionysius Of Halicarnassus

No matter who you are or what you intend to do, you should not exceed the boundaries of the rule of law. — Li Keqiang