The roaring thunder of the law and the fear of the terror of judgment are both used to bring us to Christ, but the final victory culminating in our salvation is won through God's loving-kindness.
The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.
Regulatory failings mean that the cost of breaking the law is far below that of obeying it - businesses are happier to pay fines than to control pollution.
Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need.
A justice is not like a law professor, who might say, 'This is my theory... and this is what I'm going to be faithful to and consistent with,' and in twenty years will look back and say, 'I had a consistent theory of the First Amendment as applied to a particular area.'
I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.
Order is heaven's first law.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
It is just physics - who can argue with Newton and the first law of thermodynamics?
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
Order and tidiness is the first law of Heaven.
Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.
The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!
It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.
It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.
The first law I passed in my cabinet was a law eliminating the double salary for the prime minister and the ministers. I have a salary as member of parliament. I don't want a double salary. So it was a very important decision.
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
I learned firsthand just how valuable it is to have law enforcement allies around the world.
