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  • How can there be democracy if the leadership in the United States and Britain don't uphold the values which my father's generation fought the Nazis, millions of people gave their lives against the Soviet Union's regime, didn't they? Because of what? Democracy. And what democracy meant. No torture, no camps, no detention forever or without trial, without charges. In solitary confinement. Those techniques which are not just alleged, they have actually been written about by the FBI. I don't think it's being far left - I hope that I'm wrong to consider that it's far left to uphold the rule of law.

    Father   Thinking   Law  
  • An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior - is an elite class that will plunder, degrade, and cheat at will, and act endlessly to fortify its own power.

    Law   Class   Limits  
  • In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called upon to decide. It provides the stability and continuity for the rule of law.

    Issues   Law   Library  
  • If we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care of market forces; we must establish some other institutions to safeguard them.

    George Soros (2007). “Open Society Reforming Global Capitalism Reconsidered”, p.12, PublicAffairs
  • The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts.

    Country   Law   Effort  
    "Web Exclusive Interview: Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to Speak on Refugee Crisis at Event in Lafayette". Interview with Peter Crooks, www.diablomag.com.
  • For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

    Law   Justice   Wicked  
    Marcus Tullius Cicero, Charles Duke Yonge (1853). “The Treatises of M.T. Cicero: On the Nature of the Gods; On Divination; On Fate; On the Republic; On the Laws; and On Standing for the Consulship”, p.417, London : H.G. Bohn
  • Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.

    Rights   Law   People  
  • The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what the rule of law is truly all about.

    Texas   Law   America  
    Source: www.foxnews.com
  • Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.

    Father   Men   Rights  
    First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009
  • There are those who argue that the concept of human rights is not applicable to all cultures. We in the National League for Democracy believe that human rights are of universal relevance. But even those who do not believe in human rights must certainly agree that the rule of law is most important. Without the rule of law there can be no peace.

    Believe   Rights   Law  
  • I know a whole generation has been raised on the notion of multiculturalism; that all civilizations are just different. No! Not always. Sometimes things are better! Rule of law is better than autocracy and theocracy; equality of the sexes, better; protection of minorities, better; free speech, better; free elections, better; free appliances with large purchases, better! Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.

    Sex   Law   Civilization  
    "Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home". Documentary, Comedy, 2003.
  • 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.

    Law   People   Safe  
  • America is governed by rules of law, and those are not ones that the President of the United States or anybody else can just set aside for the sake of expediency Even when we are deeply supportive of Turkish democracy, and even when we care deeply about any attempts to overthrow their government or any other illegal actions, we've got to go through a legal process.

    Barack Obama's Remarks with President Pena Nieto of Mexico in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 22, 2016.
  • Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.

    Jobs   Fighting   Russia  
    "How Life Imitates Chess". Book by Garry Kasparov, 2007.
  • The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.

    Party   Government   Law  
  • Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist and to be an activist. They've criticized a nominee who has, from what I see described by these lawyers and fellow judges, a reputation of being a restrained jurist committed to the rule of law and the Constitution.

    Law   Judging   Groups  
    U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.
  • Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.

    Law   Principles   Canada  
  • 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.

    Men   Law   Tyrants  
  • 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.

    Law   Challenges   Haiti  
    Source: www.pbs.org
  • India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.

    Lying   Successful   Law  
    "PM's McKinsey Quarterly Interview". Interview with Rajat K. Gupta, archivepmo.nic.in. 2005.
  • I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time build a state that is-regardless of how unscientific this may sound to the ears of a political scientist-humane, moral, intellectual and spiritual, and cultural.

    Spiritual   Hero   Law  
  • Power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing basic services to the people, training and equipping indigenous military and police forces, strategic communications, and more of these, along with security, are essential ingredients for long-term success.

  • Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

    Olusegun Obasanjo, Ad' Obe Obe (2004). “A new dawn: a collection of speeches of President Olusegun Obasanjo”, Spectrum Books Ltd
  • I don't think any country can survive as a prosperous and dignified country unless there is rule of law.

    Country   Thinking   Law  
  • Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

    Country   Mean   Rights  
  • Law is order, and good law is good order.

    Order   Law   Rule Of Law  
    Aristotle, Aeterna Press (2015). “Politics”, p.181, Aeterna Press
  • Donald Trump has laid out a priority to remove criminal aliens, remove people that have overstayed their visas. And - and once we have accomplished all of that, which will - which will strengthen our economy, strengthen the rule of law in the country and make our communities safer once the criminal aliens are out, then we'll deal with those that remain.

    "The Mike Pence vs. Tim Kaine vice-presidential debate transcript, annotated". www.washingtonpost.com. October 5, 2016.
  • The world is threatened by terrorism and violent extremism like never before. The rule of law is one of our chief defences against terrorism. Our shared values of freedom and democracy are shielded when like-minded nations work together to promote justice.

    Law   Justice   Democracy  
  • We like to say that India has the advantage of being a large market. We have provinces, we have the rule of law, we have a system of justice. But those are also weaknesses when compared with China. On the other hand, one of our strengths is that we are very individualistic, and as individuals we are very creative. But that, too, is a weakness, because it keeps us from working well together. Everyone thinks only about his own profit.

    Thinking   Hands   Law  
  • The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries — these live in a global space which is largely unregulated, not subject to the rule of law, and in which people may act free of constraint.

    "The global power shift". TED conference, www.ted.com. December 2011.
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