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  • In our system, we leave questions of fact to a jury. But to render a verdict, a jury must know the law. For this, we rely upon jury instructions. Instructions are supposed to translate the law into lay terms that the jury can apply to the facts as they determine them.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alafair Burke Quotes , Law Quotes , Rely Upon Quotes
  • Let us beware of saying there are laws in nature. There are only necessities: there is no one to command, no one to obey, no one to transgress. When you realize there are no goals or objectives, then you realize, too, that there is no chance: for only in a world of objectives does the word chance have any meaning.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Nature Quotes , Law Quotes
  • The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures.... The separate existence of the federal states will not be done away.... The number of cases in which an internal necessity exists for having recourse to such law is in itself a limited one.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Power Quotes , Law Quotes
  • We don't talk about sources and methods. Don't talk about ongoing intelligence operations. I know there's speculation. But it's important for the American people to understand that I will use my powers to protect us, and I will do so under the law, and that's important for our citizens to understand.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Law Quotes , People Quotes
  • For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manner that laws may be maintained. [It., Perche, cosi come i buoni costumi, per mantenersi, hanno bisogno delli leggi; cosi le leggi per ossevarsi, hanno bisogno de' buoni costumi.]
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    Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Law Quotes , Good Man Quotes
  • True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.
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    Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Agreement Quotes , Law Quotes