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“The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.”

Believe Long Facts Government Running Moving Law Certain Decision Party Democracy Taken Advantage India Committed Chinese Long Runs Rule Of Law

Author:Manmohan Singh

“Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties.”

Law Poor Party Protect Benefits Landlord Creditors Debtors Tenants Lenders Borrowers

Author:John Turner

“The Labor Party is a party with no ideals, regulations or laws, and it is a party I will not be a part of.”

Law Party Ideals Labor Regulation

Author:Ami Ayalon

“Compelling a man by law to pay his money to elect candidates or advocate law or doctrines he is against differs only in degree, if at all, from compelling him by law to speak for a candidate, a party, or a cause he is against. The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.”

People Ifs Thinking Men Writing Firsts Country Reason Government Law Speak Wish Causes Party Pay Liberty Degrees Worship Doctrine Command Candidates Amendments Compelling First Amendment

Author:Hugo Black

“There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, "What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused."”

Firsts Ends Law Party Objects Fame Argument Ancient Lawyer Accused Judicial Proceeding Jurisprudence

Author:Edmund Burke

“Because of our peculiar electoral law, the American government is divided between two parties. The American people are not.”

People Two Government Law Party Divided Peculiar American Government

Author:Michael Lind

“Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.”

Men Law Party Break Advantage Engagement

Author:Solon

“Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.”

Men Law Interest Party Break Advantage Agreement Evident Athenians

Author:Solon

“In former days, when there were Whigs instead of Liberals, it was almost a rule of political life that all leading Whigs sould be uncles, brothers-in-law, or cousins to each other. This was pleasant and gave great consistency to the party; but the system has now gone out of vogue.”

Law Political Party Gone Brother Former Pleasant Consistency Uncles Cousin In-laws Vogue Political Life Brother In Law

Book:Phineas Redux

Source: Phineas Redux

“Antitrust laws ought to be deployed, not against business, but to bust this two-party monopoly, which subverts competition in government and rewards the colluding quislings with sinecures in perpetuity.”

Two Government Law Party Ought Competition Rewards Monopoly Antitrust Antitrust Laws

Author:Ilana Mercer

“Sistani’s office refuses the replacement of the law because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.”

Law Political Sides Party Please Demand Members Office Refuse Former Public Life Replacements

Author:Ali al-Sistani

“Custom is the law of one description of fools, and fashion of another; but the two parties often clash--for precedent is the legislator of the first, and novelty of the last. Custom, therefore, looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present.”

Firsts Looks Two Lasts Past Law Party Fashion Fool Description Customs Novelty Clash Legislators Precedent

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.”

“Gorbachevism, carried out by mediocre but ambitious party bureaucrats, is an attempt not only to outdo the people but also the objective laws of human society.”

People Humans Law Party Objectives Ambitious Mediocre Human Society Bureaucrats

Author:Alexander Zinoviev