At the signing of executive orders on first full day as president, as reported in transparency, Obama OKs ethics guidelines" at CNN.com (21 January 2009) http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.business/index.html"Vowing <br class="br">2009
Ana Brnabić (1975) Prime Minister of Serbia
Source: "Ana Brnabić: 'I do not want to be branded Serbia's gay PM'" in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/28/ana-brnabic-serbia-prime-minister-interview (28 July 2017)
“Simplicity is the touchstone in finding new physical laws.”
Kip S. Thorne (1940) American physicist
in Does Physical Reality Go Beyond? http://www.closertotruth.com/video-profile/Does-Physical-Reality-Go-Beyond-Kip-Thorne-/106, Closer to Truth TV series. <br class="br">Context: Simplicity is the touchstone in finding new physical laws. … If it's elegant, then it's a rough rule of thumb: you're on the right track.
Radosveta Vassileva (1985) legal scholar
Why did von der Leyen endorse bad politics?," https://euobserver.com/opinion/145798", the EUobserver (September 2, 2019)
“This is not the “rule of law”…it is the “rule of law enforcement.””
Barrett Brown (1981) American journalist, essayist and satirist
The Guardian, "Barrett Brown statement: 'This is not the rule of law, it is the rule of law enforcement'" http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/22/barrett-brown-hacking-sentencing-full-statement-text, 22 January 2015.
Ilana Mercer South African writer
"The Party of Man-Haters," https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2018/10/19/the-party-of-manhaters-n2530054 Townhall.com, October 19, 2018 <br class="br">2010s, 2018
Marsha Blackburn (1952) American politician
What I Saw During Our Vote To Secure The Border https://www.redstate.com/diary/marshablackburn/2014/08/06/saw-vote-secure-border/ (August 6, 2014)
“The rule of law is not an exception to rule by fear; it is the fulfillment of rule by fear.”
Corey Robin (1967) American academic
Fear: The History of a Political Idea
“The rule of law must prevail over the rule of the mob”
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Remarks http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105691 on Orgreave picketing (30 May 1984) <br class="br">Second term as Prime Minister <br class="br">Context: You saw the scenes that went on in television last night. I must tell you that what we have got is an attempt to substitute the rule of the mob for the rule of law, and it must not succeed. It must not succeed. There are those who are using violence and intimidation to impose their will on others who do not want it... Ladies and Gentlemen we need the support of everyone in this battle which goes to the very heart of our society. The rule of law must prevail over the rule of the mob.
Hans Kelsen (1881–1973) Austrian lawyer
General Theory of Law and State (1949), I. The Concept of Law, A. Law and Justice, a. Human Behavior as the Objects of Rules
“Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.”
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774) Irish physician and writer
Source: The Traveller (1764), Line 386.
