In-laws Quotes - Page 12

• Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored in law.

  Henry Campbell Black

  Exercise, Rights, Law

  Henry Campbell Black (1910). “Handbook of American Constitutional Law”

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• I remember distinctly telling my father-in-law, barring a miracle, we're going to have to terminate the pregnancy. Her health has to come first

  Chris Higgins

  Father, Pregnancy, Law

  "Faith, medical technology save a young mom" By Rhonda Rowland, www.cnn.com. May 10, 2002.

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• We’re looking for good lawsuits that will establish the interests of animals as a legitimate area of concern in law.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Law, Peta

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• The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

  J. M. Coetzee

  Animal, Rights, Law

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• My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.

  Anthony Doerr

  Sister In Law, Skills, Long

  "Off the Page: Anthony Doerr". Online discuss, www.washingtonpost.com. October 14, 2004.

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• I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Believe, Responsibility

  "Parental Notification Law". Jun 7, 1999.

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• Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Son, Law

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, John Boydell, Samuel Johnson (1857). “King Lear. Romeo and Juliet”, p.277

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• Happy Father's Day -- or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law's day.

  Ronan Farrow

  Brother, Father, Law

  "Son's tweet puts Woody Allen in harsh spotlight -- again" By Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 14, 2014.

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• One of the best things about being [joyfully] retired is the freedom to travel when I want. When my son and daughter-in-law asked me to stay at their house for a week to house-sit while they were away on vacation, I had the freedom to do it.

  Helen A. Rosburg

  Daughter, Travel, Son

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• Pakistan is the sort of place every man should send his mother-in-law, for a month, with all expenses paid.

  Ian Botham

  Mother, Men, Law

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• If there's an award for best mother-in-law in the universe, in the future, when my son gets married, I will win that award.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Mother, Women, Son

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• My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with her.

  Lenny Bruce

  Mother, Home, Men

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• One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution.

  Adrian Cronauer

  School, Law, Aggravation

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• Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.

  Keith O'Brien

  Mother, Sex, Children

  "We cannot afford to indulge this madness". www.telegraph.co.uk. March 3, 2012.

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• Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law. Business partnerships are based on a contract. So is marriage. Parents are bound by law. But friendships are freely entered into, freely given, and freely exercised.

  Stephen Ambrose

  Friendship, Children, Couple

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• Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick

  Abigail Van Buren

  Mother, Father, Dirty

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• My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been on record for years in law journals and books as championing the rights of the individual against the oppressive power of the state

  Jim Garrison

  Country, Book, Law

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• You didn't happen to see your future mother-in-law at that meeting today, did you?" May as well milk the effort. "Yes, the hormonal carp was present." "Marshall!" "She blew me a new one, as you would say.""She ripped you a new one," I correct. "The word blow has an entirely different meaning. I suggest you remove it from your lexicon.

  Addison Webster Moore

  Mother, Blow, Law

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• When you're dealing with an in-law violation, I think the first line of defense is for the blood relation to have a serious talk.

  Emily Yoffe

  Thinking, Blood, Law

  "Mother Loathe". Live chat, www.slate.com. May 27, 2015.

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• I'm so much more than just Angelina [Jolie's] brother. I'm also Jon Voight's son and Billy Bob Thorton's brother-in-law.

  James Haven

  Brother, Son, Law

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• Exceptions to the traditions of dumpy dignity and fake learnedness in law review writing are as rare as they are beautiful. Once in a while a Thomas Reed Powell gets away with an imaginary judicial opinion that gives a real twist to the lion's tail. Once in a while a Thurman Arnold forgets his footnotes as though to say that if people do not believe or understand him that is their worry and not his. But even such mild breaches of etiquette as these are tolerated gingerly and seldom, and are likely to be looked at a little askance by the writers' more pious brethren.

  Fred Rodell

  Beautiful, Real, Believe

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• Lawyers from the NSA, as well as the UK's GCHQ, work very hard to search for loopholes in laws and constitutional protections that they can use to justify indiscriminate, dragnet surveillance operations that were at best unwittingly authorized by lawmakers.

  Edward Snowden

  Law, Nsa, Use

  "Snowden: NSA pressured EU into creating ‘European bazaar’ of spy networks". www.rt.com. March 7, 2014.

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• You, stupid one, who believe in laws which punish murder by murder...

  George Sand

  Stupid, Believe, Law

  George Sand (1977). “The Intimate Journal of George Sand”, Chicago Review Press

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• Yet you would not drive a car with your mouth unless you are my mother-in-law.

  Jean-Louis Gassee

  Mother, Law, Car

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• I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when youre in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. Its a great trick.

  Stephan Pastis

  Years, Law, Done

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