Brownfields cleanups have been treated like capital investments in the tax laws, and they really are repairs and should be taxed as such. – Elizabeth Esty
In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. – Eric Schneiderman
The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. – Naguib Mahfouz
Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk. – Edward Weston
The organic material, as the laws of chemistry state, can neither be created nor destroyed. – Dixie Lee Ray
Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers’ roll. – Philip Sidney
Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another. – Ferdinand de Saussure
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. – Francis Bacon
Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence. – Eric Schneiderman
As the urgency of the threat presented by Islamic extremism grows, we cannot afford to have the commander-in-chief issue executive orders in direct contravention of laws that he enacted. – Mike Pompeo
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. – Noam Chomsky
I believe in enforcing the laws as written by the Legislature, as signed by the governor. – Joan Larsen
No man can be subject to any laws, excepting those which have received the assent of himself or his representatives and which are promulgated beforehand and applied legally. – Marquis de Lafayette
Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they’re going to enforce. – Lou Barletta
It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed. – James Prescott Joule
