“ Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form. ”
- Wilhelm von Humboldt- Copy
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“ I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. ”
- Charles Grassley- Copy
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“ What we're really after is simply that people acquire a legal license for Windows for each computer they own before they move on to Linux or Sun Solaris or BSD or OS/2 or whatever. ”
- Bill Gates- Copy
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“ There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights. ”
- Dick Durbin- Copy
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“ All such foreign-armed groups in Iraq must be neutralized and rendered harmless in a manner that is just and legal. ”
- Jalal Talabani- Copy
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“ The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. ”
- James Madison- Copy
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“ The people are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ I think it is time that Republicans and Democrats, using the Judiciary Committee, do an overall look at the FBI, an in-depth look. ”
- Patrick Leahy- Copy
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“ This isn't just a legal compliance issue for us. We consider the privacy issue to be an opportunity to reinforce our brand image. ”
- Tom Warga- Copy
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“ Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. ”
- Jim Murray- Copy
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“ Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so. ”
- Bobby L. Rush- Copy
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“ I think that the industry's failure to embrace and create a legal form of downloading is contributing to an already acute problem. ”
- Don Rose- Copy
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“ A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. ”
- Ayn Rand- Copy
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“ I later spent… five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release. ”
- John Nash- Copy
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“ Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the "breadwinner ethic.". ”
- Barbara Ehrenreich- Copy
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“ Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which you put your money in your pants pocket and give your coat to your creditors. ”
- Joey Lauren Adams- Copy
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“ Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice. ”
- Franklin P. Jones- Copy
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“ The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that struck a lethal blow to the foundations of legal bigotry. ”
- Bill Clinton- Copy
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“ I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ It is obvious that 'obscenity' is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the Courts, it means 'anything that shocks the magistrate.'. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
- 434
“ Have the wild things no moral or legal rights? What right has man to inflict such long and fearful agony on a fellow creature, simply because that creature does not speak his language? ”
- Ernest Thompson Seton- Copy
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“ A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other… until death do them join. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
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“ There is no law against composing music when one has no ideas whatsoever. The music of Wagner, therefore, is perfectly legal. ”
- The National- Copy
- 668
“ Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. ”
- Abbie Hoffman- Copy
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