Janet Reno Quotes
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We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire. A line of monks link arms in a human chain. Crowds surge, soldiers fire, gusts of rage pull down the monuments of tyrants, and maybe, sometimes, justice rises from the flames.
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I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.
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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
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Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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Without justice you won't have stability.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.
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Cyber terrorists are no different from other terrorists: No matter where they hide, we will track them down and seek to bring them to the United States to face justice.
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Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.
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Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.
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Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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When you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
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The Church's note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemption from evolution, the Kingdom of God from mere spiritual process.
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I'm interested in elder justice and what we can do about elder abuse and neglect.
