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Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people. -- Al Green
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. -- Solon
It is not for the people to give laws to the prince, but to obey his mandate. -- Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules. -- Alan Bennett
People tend to say Christians are always judging, but the word of God convicts Christians and urges them to obey God's commands. -- Monica Johnson
A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws? -- J. D. Hayworth
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me. -- Thomas Merton
Barack Obama has come closer than any figure in recent history to obeying a direct call of the people to the brutal and bloody fields of political mission. -- Michael Eric Dyson
One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it. -- Roy Barnes
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm. -- Sophocles
You don't have to dislike people you disagree with and it doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to have bipartisan friendships in this place. Life's too short to have it any other way. -- Dave Obey
In order for the Constitution to work, you have to have law-abiding people. You have to have people willing to obey the Constitution, willing to follow the law. Obama doesn't care. He is the law. -- Rush Limbaugh
We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now. -- Dave Obey
A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen. -- Matt Groening
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. -- C. S. Lewis
As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law. -- Gary Bauer
What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws. -- Dallas Willard
I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary. -- Jonathan Mayhew
The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command. -- Dallas Willard
Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want - not only you, your whole family and all people like you. -- Ai Weiwei
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God. -- John Ortberg
One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them. -- J. Oswald Sanders
But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power. -- Howard Zinn

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