APAD: No man is above the law.

The Web site where I found this expression said that it dated back to President

Theodore Roosevelt's Third Annual Message to Congress on Dec 7, 1903. If so, it

is young and maybe not time-tested enough to qualify for a proverb.

 

Its sentiment, however, must have endured eons. For the Chinese, its execution

depends less on people's faith in impersonal systems, but incarnates in rare

individuals, e.g., Mr. Bao, a bureaucrat in the Song Dynasty.

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• Everyone is under nature's law. No escape -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 10:34:54

• Wow. That's a great one and instantly puts me at peace :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 10:48:33

• Ronald Reagan: "Freedom is never more than one generation -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:55:43

• away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:56:46

• the bloodstream. It must be fought for..." -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:57:49

• We Americans should never take the rule of law for granted. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:58:42

• No man is above the law？For the Chinese, it's an exception. -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:28:34

• especially in the current political environment. -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:29:10

• There's an unbridgeable gap between -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:50:45

• a land of law and a land by law. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:51:24

• Couldn’t agree with you more ~ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:04:25

• Well said. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:49:38

• +100086 ！！！：）） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 17:54:37

• The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:03:24

• the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:04:06

• Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:04:37

• The Constitution serves as a fundamental framework -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:17:00

• for a nation's governance. -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:17:35

• That said, the Constitution is and has to be reviewed and -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:21:37

• even revised from time to time when warranted. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:24:55

• Agree ! The key word : "when warranted". -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:31:03

• The Constitution should not be amended haphazardly -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:31:49

• Unlike in China where the Constitution is frequently amended -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:33:04

• the United States Constitution remains relatively stable. -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:33:23

• China and the political regime of China aren't the same. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 18:44:06

• Law is made by man. So an abstract man can be above the law. -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 20:57:49

• if such abstract man exists. -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 20:58:21

• They sure do, but we don't mind them :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/17/2023 postreply 22:35:24