The Law Quotes

The law is agnostic about truth.

For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.

You have to find a different approach to what is through a different vantage point.

If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws.

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.

Laws are not made for the good.

That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

How small of all that human hearts endure/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

Over Legislation is not necessarily a virtue. It often leads to misuse of law.

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.

I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law

Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state

We're not descended from fearful men - not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.

Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor).

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

It seems like the first law of Nature is that everybody likes to receive things, but nobody likes to feel grateful.

We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.

The laws of biology are the fundamental lessons of history.

We checked carefully the international law - what does a nation do when terrorists are using civilians to defend their life, as a shelter. And they say you do not have a choice.

A unjust law, is no law at all.

Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the multiplication of families.

For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law.

I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

So act that anything you do may become universal law.

I sat on cushioned otter-skin: My word was law from Ith to Emain, And shook at Invar Amargin The hearts of the world-troubling seamen, And drove tumult and war away.

Property does not exist because there are laws, but laws exist because there is property.

As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

I've heard it said that the first law of journalism is to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

I should see an enemy of my country in any one who would change by force that which has been established by law.

It's indispensable to fully understand the basis and modus operandi of the Law of Karma to orientate the ship of our life in a positive and exemplary way.

Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.

You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.

But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering.

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo

Laws of nature have no physical properties of mass /energy. They are platonic truths in transcendent realm that create & govern the Universe.

The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

And although I broke a lot of laws as a teenager, I straightened out immediately upon turning eighteen, when I realized the state had a legal right to execute me.

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.

The Universe and Spirit do not understand limitations...PEOPLE invented limitations!

There is both joy and suffering on planet Earth because this beautiful world is a world of duality - a world of opposites. There is an opposite side to everything.

Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality.