Kirstjen Nielsen Quotes

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact of life.

I have not flouted any rules on transfers or posting.

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

We don't break the law.

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.

I am pathetically law-abiding.

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

Standards violated are better than no standards at all.

It is not your great father who does this; but the laws of the country, which he and every one of his people is bound to regard.

The legal and ethical issues are just beginning.

You must absolutely lend yourself to what the court accustomed to doing. All eyes will be fixed on you.

We can’t be a scofflaw. It helps us to get others to follow the rules if we follow the rules.

When you enforce the laws of the state, you don’t get to pick and choose.

Laws or ordinances unobserved, or partially attended to, had better never have been made.

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.

We needed to be uncompromising [with our workforce], to expect 100 percent of our employees to comply 100 percent of the time with complex and ever-changing government mandates. Striving to comply with every law does not mean agreeing with every law. But, even when faced with laws we think are counter-productive, we must first comply. Only then, from a credible position, can we enter into a dialogue with regulatory agencies to demonstrate alternatives that are more beneficial. If these efforts fail, we can then join with others in using education and/or political efforts to change the law

If we don’t enforce the regulations we have, these conversations are useless.

I could easily say that, for quite a long time before I became mayor, I had obeyed all laws.

One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.