Law Quotes · Page 122

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

— Mencius

Still Today I could not understand: What are the laws, Temple of Justice or a Game of Chess

— Mak_786

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

— Gough Whitlam

I haven't looked for a golf ball since mulligans were free, which was a law I passed in 1995.

— Dan Jenkins

American laws don't work, but at least the laws of physics might work.

— Gore Vidal

All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself

— Aleister Crowley

I believe in capitalism as long as there's a strong rule of law around it.

— Pete Buttigieg

I love being out there on the court trying to help my team whenever I can.

— Brook Lopez

Living in the world without insight into the hidden laws of nature is like not knowing the language of the country in…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Then our crime's worse than a murderer's. His act puts him outside the law, but keeps the law intact. Ours would weaken…

— Walter Van Tilburg Clark

There is no rule of law in Zimbabwe; there's selective application of the rule of law. Patrick Chinamasa, who is the minister…

— Roy Bennett

The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie…

— Rosita Forbes

Mrs. Bonneville never buckled her seat belt, even though it was required by state law; an ardent libertarian, she opposed government meddling…

— Carl Hiaasen

Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this…

— R.J. Rushdoony

Picasso was a delightful, kindly, friendly, simple little man. When I met him he was extremely excited and overjoyed that his mother-in-law…

— Edith Sitwell

I think ultimately that the rules that you make for gun control, people who are intent on killing themselves aren't too concerned…

— Rand Paul

I live in a constituency that is quite rural, there are some very successful hunts there that are abiding by the law…

— Andrea Leadsom

Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories?…

— Roland Barthes

After being confirmed as secretary of homeland security, one of my first actions was to increase training opportunities for law enforcement personnel…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

Although a science fair can seem like a big "pain" it can help you understand important scientific principles, such as Newton's First…

— Dave Barry

It grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard…

— William P. Young

These three brothers were not afforded the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of law. They were not given a fair…

— Garry Robbins

The nation as such is not a large subject that has needs, that works, practices economy, and consumes. . . . Thus…

— Ralph Raico

Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Even the law of gravitation would be brought into dispute were there a pecuniary interest involved.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

“Laws have never been able to change human nature, and only God can change hearts.”

— Siri Mitchell

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I got into law school, and it required a maturity I didn't have at the time.

— Ronny Chieng

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

— Andy Rooney

In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.

— Louis Nizer

Do not have any doubt that I will apply the law over whoever is responsible for not complying with the law.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

“I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution.”

— JSB Morse

He who regulates everything by laws, is more likely to arouse vices than reform them.

— Baruch Spinoza

The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed.

— William O. Douglas

Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.

— Joseph Campbell

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob

— Ayn Rand

I’m going to pass a law that no one can ask me my golf score.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.

— Scott Turow

The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.

— William Blackstone

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit.

— Carter G. Woodson