Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.
Saul David Alinsky
Rule One for a writer, as far as I'm concerned, is There are no Rules.
Arundhati Roy
Soldiers defending a country at war are not subject to the rules of procedure designed for court trials. For example, if a soldier encounters an enemy, under internationally agreed upon rules of war, that soldier can take whatever action is necessary to protect himself and neutralize his enemy, whether it involves capturing and detaining the enemy or killing him on the spot.
John David Ashcroft
While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.
Sir Alfred Jules Ayer
There are no rules when it comes to love.
Taylor Swift
I don't guess anybody would think much of what Joe did nowadays, including myself. But he was supposed to be a leader, so he had to live by the rules. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do, and it was to the greatest athlete I ever coached.
Paul William 'Bear' Bryant