Lawful Conduct Quotes

What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of the greatly increased liberty and relaxation of police regulations.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advance.

My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.

Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws, And keep thyself out of the magistrate's claws.

To disrespect the masses is moral; to honor them, lawful.

We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations a new world order, a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. When we are successful, and we will be, we have a real chance at this new world order, an order in which a credible United Nations can use its peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U.N.'s founders.

The police officer's job is to respect the citizens that they are in control of.

We're not lawbreakers, we're law-abiding, and intend to stay that way.

Principles and rules are binding, but when they come into conflict they must be balanced.

My intention has never to commit something wrong and I have always believed in abiding the law.

The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go.

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.

When foreigners are admitted into a state upon free and liberal terms, the public faith becomes pledged for their protection. The courts of justice ought to be freely open to them as a resort for the redress of their grievances. But strangers are equally bound with natives to obedience to the laws of the country during the time they sojourn in it, and they are equally amenable for infractions of the law

It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel.

I supposed if you were going to make a career of breaking laws, you might as well know them.

In the absence of their superior's adherence to the law, honorable men either speak up or get out

Failure is predictable if you break laws, success is predictable if you obey laws. I discovered and learned that truth when I was 14 years old. Not everyone discovers that. Some people take a lifetime to learn that.

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land, and as God, he had the power not to do any of it.

For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.

The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.

The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.

Anthony Weiner deserves to be supported and hopefully he will be mayor of New York one day. I'm serious. He is a Democrat [who] actually fights for the things liberals and progressive and rational people care about. I don't know why he's being thrown under the bus. He hasn't done any - he hasn't broke any laws.