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For there is no question but a just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.

Sir Francis Bacon
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All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

Joseph Conrad
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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Robert E. Lee
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Without very clear standards, no compulsory license can possibly be lawful.

Ian Forrester
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The bottom line is that DES couldn't in a lawful manner authorize the continued connections to the plant.

Stephen Roberts
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Can a series of lawful resignations turn into a mutiny? And if they are agreed upon in advance, have the agreeing generals formed a felonious conspiracy to make a mutiny?

Tony Blankley
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LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.

Ambrose Bierce
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Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?

Bible
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Whether or not it is lawful for users to share music one on one, it is entirely different for a commercial entity to create a business that induces users to do that.

Cary Sherman
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The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Miguel de Cervantes
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I didn't craft the authorization. I am responding to a lawful order.

Genmichael Hayden
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

William Congreve
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This law is very much needed... Without it, it was difficult to carry out the struggle against terrorism by lawful means.

Nikolai Kovalyov
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

Marcus Fabius Quintilian
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The constitutional standard is reasonable. ... I am convinced that we are lawful because what it is we are doing is reasonable.

Genmichael Hayden
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It's lawful adult expression that is accepted in America in both the marketplace of ideas and the commercial marketplace.

Paul Cambria
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We had a lawful election. We've had a certification of that election, and the only way that the Bush electors would be de-certified is if the courts finally declare Al Gore the winner, ... So we're really talking about an insurance policy for George Bush. It's a win-win situation for him.

Lois Frankel
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By what lawful authority do you bring me to trial?

King Charles I
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The city is confident that its actions with regard to the Hammer Flat area of impact expansion were entirely lawful and appropriate.

Michael Zuzel
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It is the policy of the department to preserve life through lawful, clinical means.

Bryan Whitman
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Following orders [they] believed to be lawful.

Guy Womack
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