Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Quotes

Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

Enforcing the law is not an injustice.

...no country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law and that the law officers are only the machinery for its execution, nothing more.

It is a fundamental principle of democracy that citizens obey the law or incur whatever penalty applies to its breaking.

The rule of law, and the idea that it applies to everyone regardless of what office that person might hold, is the chief ingredient in our democracy.

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn't exist here in past years.

We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.

The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

The Dutch public has always been accustomed to being treated according to the letter of the law.

Undermining the rule of law is an assault on the government of the United States.

The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system.

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

Rule of law, access to justice, and financial transparency happen by design, not accident.

Our government depends upon the rule of law.

I fought for the rule of law in America.

My attorney general will restore the integrity of the Department of Justice which has been severely questioned.

Justice, not the majority, should rule.

But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.