It's much better to have rules that we can actually live within. And absolute prohibitions, generally, are not the kind of rules that countries would live within.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We don't really like rules. We think, in some way, they are an infringement of liberty.
We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.
I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we can find them.
Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
I don't want to talk politics, but what I do say is I believe in rules and laws, and if you come to this country, you've got to abide by the rules here.
When you have your own place, you set your own rules.
Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk.
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.