"The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament."

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Source : "Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution" by A. V. Dicey, LibertyClassics, (pp. 3-4), 1982.

A. V. Dicey

#Mean Quotes #Law Quotes #Principles Quotes

“It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.”

Source : William H. Whyte (2012). “City: Rediscovering the Center”, p.109, University of Pennsylvania Press
“What we know is not much. What we don't know is enormous.”
“There is no tyranny in the world more hateful than that of ideas. Ideas bring ideophobia, and the consequence is that people begin to persecute their neighbors in the name of ideas. I loathe and detest all labels, and the only label that I could now tolerate would be that of ideoclast or idea breaker.”

Source : Miguel de Unamuno (2015). “Selected Works of Miguel de Unamuno, Volume 3: Our Lord Don Quixote”, p.16, Princeton University Press
“A person is not merely a single subject distinguished from all the others. It is especially a being to which is attributed a relative autonomy in relation to the environment with which it is most immediately in contact.”
“Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.”

Source : 'The Small House at Allington' (1864) ch. 32
“[A photograph] should do something to the beholder; either give a more complete appreciation of beauty, or, if nothing else, even a good mental kick in the pants.”
“True faith manifests itself through our actions.”
“reason died in 1914, November 1914 ... after that everybody began to rave ...”

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