Louise Mensch Quotes

The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.

We rely on the rule of law. I think we've lost touch with that concept in Washington.

I believe in enforcing the laws as written by the Legislature, as signed by the governor.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

… courts do not substitute their social and economic beliefs for the judgment of legislative bodies, who are elected to pass laws

Whatever the People has last ordained shall be held as binding by law.

We believe that all legislative assemblies should confine themselves to constitutional principles; and that all such laws should be implicitly obeyed by every American.

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

Parliamentary obstructionism should be avoided. It is a weapon to be used in the rarest of the rare cases. Parliamentary accountability is as important as parliamentary debate. Both must coexist.

Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!

It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

Laws made in Alaska, which is known for its lawlessness, are as valid as laws made in Pennsylvania, which invented laws.

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law.

At a time when our moral standing in the world has been weakened by a rubber stamp Justice Department that placed the Bush Administration above the law, we now need someone who is objective and independent. And, make no mistake, Eric Holder is independent.

Laws are subordinate to custom.

Government will no longer be run on the whims of individuals.

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.

The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge.

We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.