Quote by Dick Durbin

There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights.

There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to t

Summary

This quote emphasizes that the humane treatment of detainees should never be compromised or subject to legal technicalities. The speaker asserts that in a nation built upon principles of justice and regard for human rights, there should be no tolerance for manipulation or evasion of laws regarding detainee treatment. The quote implies that the principles of the rule of law and the importance of respecting human rights should take precedence over any attempts to justify or overlook inhumane treatment based on legal technicalities.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Nothing is yet in its true form.

Nothing is yet in its true form.

True love doesn't happen right away; it's an ever-growing pr

True love doesn't happen right away; it's an ever-growing process. It develops after you've gone through many ups and downs, when you've suffered together, cried together, laughed together.

Ricardo Montalban

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man eno

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see

Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal is terrifying to behold... brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it: nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds.

Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest. They are both amo

Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest. They are both amoral and immoral, consciously breaking rules. Their evil look at such times is no human projection: the cat may be the only animal who savors the perverse or reflects upon it.

Camille Anna Paglia

I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure

I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today.

Francois Hollande

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, expose

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shin

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Nature Sun Shines Shines

Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly,

Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that 'fun.' is the name of the band. I never really think twice about it. It is so simple and so easy.

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover t

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.

Jackson Pollock

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.