Roy Asa Haynes Quotes

If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S., and that's the way it's done in Russia.

A State is not morally free to allow anarchy and license ... even if the majority should so desire.

We are a nation of laws.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

When those who uphold the law are strong, the state is strong. When they are weak, the state is weak

Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.

All of us know that if an individual, a community, or a state is going continuously and successfully to defy the rulings of the courts, then anarchy results.

We are a country based on the rule of law.

No one is above the law, not even the President.

We have to be a nation of laws.

A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.

Opposition can be useful. Every opposition movement is good and useful if it acts within the law... If there are people who act outside the law, then the state must use legal means to impose law in the interests of the majority. That's the way it's done in the U.S. and that's the way it's done in Russia.

We are a nation of laws.

Agencies exist to administer the law.

We simply believe that everyone who lives in our state needs to abide by our laws.

There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote to end segregation. What changed things was the rule of law, the courts. Brown v. Board of Education was ushered in by a movement, but it was a legal decision.

Law is just one public institution, but it is a cornerstone of society. When law goes, everything goes.

At the end of the day, the law is the same for the Prime Minister or a common man of India.

When officers' actions violate their duty, justice should be served in accordance with our legal system.

At the end of the day, we must respect the rule of law in respective jurisdictions.

We all need good laws, and an independent, impartial, and efficient judiciary to verify the constitutionality of those laws.

Because, when it comes to restoring the rule of law, I can't change my mind and I won't change the subject.

From a constitutional point of view there is an advantage to democracy and it must be balanced and the Supreme Court should be given another constitutional tool that will also give power to Judaism.

I would never impose my own personal convictions upon the law.

Our government depends upon the rule of law.