Law Quotes

The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal m...

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not ...

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the internati...

I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientifi...

To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it...

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same ...

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws ...

[American family court] is a system that is corrupt on his best day. It is like being tied to the ba...

There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.Love is the law, love under will.

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the people disco...

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be...

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be...

Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on ...

nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded u...

If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the...

Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them.

Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise,...

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as w...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to b...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the...

The law in its majestic equality forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges to b...

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, ...

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a ...

One of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people.

What sort of world is it at all? Men on the moon and men spinning round the earth like it might be m...

I do accept that, with - with respect to those vague terms in the Constitution such as equal protect...

Generations of Humeans have… been misled into offering analyses of causation and of natural law that...

The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life - to reduce it ...

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, no...

The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the indep...

I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by the...

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear ...

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

When states are democratically governed according to law, there are no demagogues, and the best citi...

By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.''I shall be delighted.''You don't mind breaking t...

When the law is wrong it's because it's unnatural, but in this case it is natural and a river will d...

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on...

It is a policeman’s duty to retrieve stolen property and return it to its owners. But when robbery b...

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade...

Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'...

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on...

Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very ...

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that inc...

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no...

The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedu...

Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to p...

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm woul...

We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights un...

I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social con...

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rul...

... I think this Law, by which I am punished, is both unreasonable in itself, and particularly sever...

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of G...

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe seldom executed.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are ...

I have always been of opinion that all the political workers should be indifferent and should never ...

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.

When the subject is sacred, proud and clever men may come to think that the outsiders who don't know...

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

The Business of Our Firm is Business"-Donald W. Hudspeth from:"The Business of America is Business"-...

I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind ...

The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps pr...

Sed lex dura lex," said Jace automatically. "The Law is hard, but it is the Law.

The Law is hard, but it is the Law.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

The Scholomance was a piece of Shadowhunter history come to life. A cold castle of towers and corrid...

There is nothing more important than love. And no law higher." - Malcolm Fade

Wither thou goest, I will go; thy people shall by my people; where thou diest, will I die, and there...

I think that everything should be made available to everybody, and I mean LSD, cocaine, codeine, gra...

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.

"If the law supposes that " said Mr. Bumble "the law is a ass a idiot."

The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other princi...

There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant ...

The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on internationa...

A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its char...

I do not believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law. Lower the Law and y...

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as ...

Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights o...

Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.

The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, the more we remain open to the tr...

So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the ha...

I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for gra...

The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law.

Bloomberg does not support the measure to silence the useless and maddening car alarm: he would rath...

Remaining for a moment with the question of legality and illegality: United Nations Security Council...

The burden therefore rests with the American legal community and with the American human-rights lobb...

The trouble with law is lawyers.

To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageou...

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with...

The criminals who, in the face of contumely, hatred or violence, have led the world to a higher stan...

If every man who passed an unjust judgment on his fellow should be condemned, how many judges would ...

Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim...

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and a...

Possession is eleven points in the law.