"No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it."

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Source : Third Annual Message to Congress, 7 Dec. 1903. "No one is above the law" appears in the U.S. Supreme Court case Mississippi v. Johnson (1867) (arguments of counsel). Even earlier, "no officer ... is above the law" is found in a Kentucky Supreme Court case, Johnston v. Commonwealth (1809).

Theodore Roosevelt

#Patriotic Quotes #Men Quotes #Law Quotes

“I enjoy the optimism of design, even though we can see it as doomed. But I'm telling most people that I'm not writing about design any more this year. It makes no sense at all during the recession unless you write about sustainable or ethical design-very basic things, like how to get clean water in countries with a shortage of it.”
“I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.”

Source : Message read at Terlincthun Cemetery, Boulogne, 13 May 1922, in 'The Times' 15 May 1922
“The man of Love follows the path of God-and shows affection to both the believer and the nonbe-liever.”
“You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.”
“Feel no sadness because of evil thoughts: it only strengthens them.”
“How terribly hard and almost impossible it is to tell the truth. More than anything else, the artist in us prevents us from telling aught as it really happened. We deal with the truth as the cook deals with meat and vegetables.”
“Music was our food... When we can play, it can't be so terrible. The music, the music!”
“I'm smart enough to realize that the world does not stop and change because I want it to.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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