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Welfare is hated by those who administer it; mistrusted by those who pay for it; and held in contempt by those who receive it.
— 1977 In the NewYork Times, 24 May.
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Where else but in Texas would men set up to administer space?
james cameron— Cameron Country, broadcast on BBC TV, July 12, 1969.
We have to administer the law whether we like it or no.
coleridge, john, 1st baron coleridge— Reg. v. Ramsey (1886), 1 Cab. & Ellis' Q. B. D. Rep. 148.
As long as we have to administer the law we must do so according to the law as it is. We are not here to make the law.
coleridge, john, 1st baron coleridge— Reg v. Solomons (1890), 17 Cox, C. C. 93.
We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession.
samuel gompers— "Men of Labor! Be Up and Doing" (editorial), American Federationist (May 1906)
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.
ernest hemingway— Letter (21 February 1952); published in Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917–1961 (1981) edited by Carlos Baker
The increasing speed of technological advancement and economic integration in recent years has highlighted the importance of intellectual property and put great stress on the ability of established national and international systems that administer IP rights to effectively serve the global community.
talal abu-ghazaleh— August 11, 2003, at the Jordan IP Week Conference, Amman, Jordan
It is a maxim in our law that a plaintiff must shew that he stands on a fair ground when he calls on a Court of justice to administer relief to him.
kenyon, lloyd, 1st baron kenyon— Booth v. Hodgson (1795), 6 T. R. 409.
[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means, and personal motives, to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defence must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack.
james madison— Federalist No. 51 (1788-02-06) [10]
The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during his life, will pass away unwept, unhonoured and insung no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him.
Andrew Carnegie— Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays (1900).
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Andrew Carnegie— Andrew Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth.
We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession.
— Samuel Gompers, "Men of Labor! Be Up and Doing", editorial, American Federationist (May 1906), p. 319.
We sit here in this Court of Queen's Bench under the same obligation as the Queen holds her Crown, to administer justice with mercy according to the laws of the land.
— Pennefaiher, L.C.J., Queen v. O'Connell and others (1843), 5 St. Tr. (N. S.) p. 592.
Every human tribunal ought to take care to administer justice, as we look hereafter to have justice administered to ourselves.
thomas erskine— The Hon. Thomas Erskine, Stockdale's Case (1789), 22 How. St. Tr. 283.
NASA , the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Where else but in Texas would men set up to administer space?
— Cameron Country, broadcast on BBC TV, July 12, 1969.
It is the great duty of every Court of justice to administer justice as well as they can between the litigating parties:;; another, and not less material, duty is to satisfy those parties that the whole case has been examined and considered.
— Lord Kenyon, C.J., Booth v. Hodgson (1795), 6 T. R. 408.
I have acted upon this occasion with the firmness which the times in which we live particularly require, but I trust I have not lost sight of that which ought in all times to guide a Judge in this country, where every magistrate is reminded by the oath of his Sovereign, that it is his first duty to administer justice in mercy.
— Best, J., Trial of Sir F. Burdett (1820), 1 St. Tr. (N. S.) 120.
It is unnecessary to show what passes in England, a country as famed for justice, and other great qualifications, as any other country: justice is there administered in such a manner as to exalt it above the other countries of the earth. It is our duty to administer justice in such a way as to give satisfaction to all parties.
— Earl of Clunwell, C.J., Jackson's Case (1795), 25 How. St. Tr. 798. J
As long as we have to administer the law we must do so according to the law as it is. We are not here to make the law.
— John Duke Coleridge, C.J., Reg v. Solomons (1890), 17 Cox, C. C. 93.
Our duty is simply to administer the law as we find it.
— Grove, J., Scaltock v. Hartson (1875), L. R. 1 Com. PI. 109. Compare: "A Judge has nothing to do but to administer the law as he finds it". Jessel, M.R., Bunting v. Sargent (1879), L. R. 13 C. D. 335.
The Judges do not make the law; they administer it, and that however much they may disapprove or dislike it.
— Lopes, L.J., The Queen v. Bishop of London (1889), L. R. 24 Q. B. 246.
A Judge cannot set himself above the law which he has to administer, or make or mould it to suit the exigencies of a particular occasion.
— Cockburn, C.J., Martin v. Mackonochie (1878), L. R. 3 Q. B. 775.
We have to administer the law whether we like it or no.
— John Duke Coleridge, Reg. v. Ramsey (1886), 1 Cab. & Ellis' Q. B. D. Rep. 148.
If I am to pronounce a judgment at all in this or in any other case, it must and shall be the judgment of my own mind, applying the law of the land as I understand it according to the best of my abilities, and with regard to the oath which I have taken to administer justice truly and impartially.
— Littledale, J., Stockdale v. Hansard (1837), 3 St. Tr.'(N. S.)911.
I am bound to administer the law here according to the best construction that I can put upon the intent and meaning of the authorities applicable to the cases before me.
— Lord Langdale, M.R., Carpmael v. Powis (1845), 9 Beav. 19.
I readily admit that the law which requires presumption or custom to be carried back for a period of nearly 700 years, is a bad and mischievous law, and one which is discreditable to us as a civilised and enlightened people, but such is the law; and while it so continues, I consider myself, in administering it, as bound to administer it as I find it; nor do I feel myself warranted in undermining or frittering it away by subtle fictions or artificial presumptions inconsistent with truth and fact.
— Cockburn, C.J., Bryant v. Foot (1867), 15 W. R. 425; S. C. L. R. 2 Q. B. Ca. 179.
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Where else but in Texas would men set up to administer space?
— James Cameron, in Cameron Country, broadcast on BBC TV, July 12, 1969.
