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No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.


Theodore Roosevelt

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ASK AND IT IS GIVEN No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
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JACK CADE It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to ot...
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THOMAS HUXLEY When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask...
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BETTY DODSON The law of God, and also the way to life, is written in our hearts: It lieth in no man's supposi...
JAKOB BOHME We cannot ask a man what he will do, and if we should, and he should answer us, we should despise hi...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, alt...
FRANCIS OF ASSISI When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.
EURIPIDES No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is...
BERNARD BARTON For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of...
RON FOURNIER No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one va...
BRUCE BARTON A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
BERT LESTON TAYLOR Be the inferior of no man, nor of any be the superior. Remember that every man is a variation of you...
WILLIAM SAROYAN God's words first... obey God's law first before considering the laws of man.
MANNY PACQUIAO Ignorance of the law excuses no man: Not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every...
JOHN SELDEN Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every...
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JACK HANDEY I think the jury did a darned good job. This man has no soul, no conscience. What else could we ask ...
ROSEMARY DILLARD One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by ...
SOCRATES When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
DON MARQUIS There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he...
GROUCHO MARX I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask a...
AYN RAND I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask ano...
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AL GREEN I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?
ZSA ZSA GABOR When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
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SAMUEL JOHNSON The man held himself still and turned his milk-flooded eyes on her. Fin felt something like vertigo ...
A.S. PETERSON We get lost because we ask 'clever man' for direction.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN Do not ask a successful man the secret of his success. Ask a unsuccessful man the reasons for his fa...
MUHAMMED HAIDER When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
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ROBERT HEINLEIN They know they have no chance when we run our man-to-man press. (Our opponents') only chance is to s...
EVAN PRICE Tomorrow is no man's gift.
GILBERT PARKER What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that w...
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JAKE EPSTEIN It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
GRACE MURRAY HOPPER It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
GRACE HOPPER No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who c...
JANE AUSTEN We hustled. We trusted each other and we were unified. There is no such thing as a man-to-man defens...
JAMESON CURRY Religion is not man's relationship to God, it is man's relationship to man.
ELIE WIESEL Ladies, a man doesn't want respect, he needs it. A man does not need love. There is no where it is w...
PATIENCE JOHNSON No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time -nor ever will
MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, i...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, i...
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DR HITESH C SHETH The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share....
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
HORACE MANN If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both
HORACE MANN If you have a question, ask. How do you ask? Say it or write it
SOTONYE ANGA Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it
ADDISON MIZNER Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
ADDISON MIZNER If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what books he read. - Ralph Wald...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.
IZAAK WALTON When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when the man who's speaking no lo...
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?
DON MARQUIS When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
DON MARQUIS Shall I ask you how the church is to be filled, if a man is neither to take orders with a living, no...
JANE AUSTEN Say first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know?
ALEXANDER POPE We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority whi...
HENRI BERGSON No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites i...
R.K. NARAYAN It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
SOURCE UNKNOWN No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible
MIYAMOTO MUSASHI God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without f...
THOMAS à KEMPIS The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
MARTIN BUBER If your focus in life is on being productive, when things are not happening... one has to ask onesel...
BOB CORKER My father was very methodical about life. He'd always ask me, 'Now, what's your system? ...
JEFF MACNELLY One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injust...
SOCRATES What man is able to do that, that thou should ask such things of me?
COMPTON GAGE No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth t...
THOMAS À KEMPIS No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves wh...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I am a part of everything that I have read.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first i...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and sel...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but w...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Believe you can and you're halfway there.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and f...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT With self-discipline most anything is possible.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies o...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don'...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly I can!" - and get busy and find out...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Put out the light.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Do what you can with what you have where you are.
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