Rule Of Law Quotes - Page 12

• We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Law, Century

  Source: www.mott.org

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• We have introduced a rule of law into many sections of our public life.

  Nelson Mandela

  Law, Public Life, Sections

  Source: www.mott.org

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• The Arab awakening has been, up to now, a lot about freedom from dictatorial regimes - Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain and Egypt. But once you got freedom from, then you need freedom to. Freedom from is about destroying things. Freedom to is about constructing things, constructing the rule of law.

  Thomas Friedman

  Egypt, Law, Needs

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• NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with the allies, I have repeatedly pointed out how crucial these common values are. They are the basis for our unity, and unity is the most important basis for our strength.

  Jens Stoltenberg

  Unity, Democracy, Important

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I believe in the acceptance of personal responsibility, freedom of choice, and the British Empire, which took freedom and the rule of law to countries which would never have known it otherwise.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Country, Believe, Responsibility

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• Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the rule of law, due process, liberty, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, separation of church and state, and separation of government powers into branches that oversee each other's authority.

  Peter Boghossian

  Mean, Law, Government

  Peter Boghossian (2013). “A Manual for Creating Atheists”, p.129, Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)

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• We've got to force the Democrats to get a spine. If they don't want to have a spine, we should throw them out. If they don't want to stand up for the rule of law, then I'm not a Democrat.

  John Cusack

  Law, Want, Should

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