William Blackstone Quotes
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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
Daniel Burnham -
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
Walter Scott -
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
J. M. Coetzee -
In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
Barry Unsworth -
The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Stanford's law school application wasn't the standard combination of college transcript, LSAT score, and essays. It required a personal sign-off from the dean of your college: You had to submit a form, completed by the dean, attesting that you weren't a loser.
J. D. Vance -
I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.
Halle Berry -
A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.
Barack Obama -
Even after they had stopped modeling for Playboy and had settled down with other men to raise families of their own, Hugh Hefner still considered them his women, and in the bound volumes of his magazine he would always possess them.
Gay Talese -
In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
Harriet Harman -
Men who betray women also betray other men. Women shouldn't feel so special.
Garry Shandling
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I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to become a history professor.
Carlton Cuse -
Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
Tariq Ali -
One with the law is a majority.
Calvin Coolidge -
I love to wear lingerie. The problem is that men always rip it off too quickly. When women are dolled up in lingerie they feel sexy. So let us wear it for five minutes.
Karen McDougal -
At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.
Sally Yates -
Women are choosing to stay single rather than marry men who can't step up and provide.
Hanna Rosin
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So comes a reckoning when the banquet's o'er,- The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more.
John Gay -
Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof of the mindstream's capacity to retain knowledge of physical and mental activities. It is related to the theory of interdependent origination and to the law of cause and effect.
Dalai Lama -
With all the effort in the world, the results of cramming kids are likely to be more ambiguous than we can predict, not because the child rearing was done wrong but because all such results tend to be ambiguous.
Adam Gopnik -
Growing up, I always liked Catwoman and Superman; they inspired me.
Chiara Ferragni -
By nature, I sit alone in a room and type... My goal was never celebrity.
Jenji Kohan -
No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God
William Blackstone