Law Quotes · Page 165

“Fabre looked up, his mobile face composed. "Good-bye," he said. "Georges-Jacques--study law. Law is a weapon.”

— Hilary Mantel

“It is unfortunate that calling 911 may result in an incompetent or corrupt police officer being sent to you.”

— Steven Magee

Believe, meditate, see. Be harmless, be blameless. Awake to the law. And from all sorrows free yourself.

— Gautama Buddha

The law demands that we do it all; the gospel declares that Jesus paid it all.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Civilization involves subjection of force to reason, and the agency of this subjection is law.

— Roscoe Pound

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

— Fred Upton

The ultimate cause of human disease is the consequence of our transgression of the universal laws of life.

— Paracelsus

I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery;

— Solomon Northup

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries…

— Margaret Thatcher

But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong…

— Rose Schneiderman

It matters that there's diversity on the court. I think it makes for better lawmaking, because you have people with more diverse…

— Rachel Maddow

Yet our small business owners across the country are unfairly losing potential interest income on a daily basis until the Business Checking…

— Sue Kelly

Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at…

— Hosea Ballou

And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I…

— George J. Mitchell

You have an always-expanding, omnipresent surveillance state that's constantly chipping away at the liberties and freedoms of law-abiding Americans.

— Ron Wyden

Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to…

— Al Gore

A totally different attitude is needed: the attitude of love. Christ brings love to the world. He destroys law, the very basis…

— Rajneesh

These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but…

— Aristotle

Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others. The rules that they…

— John Locke

In the parallel universe the laws of physics are suspended. What goes up does not necessarily come down, a body at rest…

— Susanna Kaysen

“In the 20th century, it became more and more the norm for judges to incorrectly instruct juries that they must consider only…

— Mark David Ledbetter

Thirty years ago, interracial marriage was considered to be wrong by the laws of God. Now your society finds it common. The…

— Lee Carroll

In the hierarchy of public lands, national parks by law have been above the rest: America's most special places, where natural beauty…

— Michael Shnayerson

The legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women or children…

— Judith Lewis Herman

It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law.

— Sonia Sotomayor

When I step on the court I'm going to take on any challenge there.

— John Wall

A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.

— Benjamin Disraeli

You cannot hinder someone's free will, that's the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.

— Anonymous

“Hofstadter’s law tells us: “It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”

— Christopher Chabris

“A scientific law is not a scientific law, if it holds only when some supernatural being decides not to intervene”

— Stephen Hawking

When you're out on the court, you're fighting against yourself and it can be tough.

— John Isner

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

— Fred Thompson

The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.

— Edward Coke

At some point, the law has to command respect, and there is a lawful way to change it.

— Amul Thapar

If you're going to vote yes and change the law. You have to know what's in it. You can't depend on other…

— Justin Amash

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

— Nursultan Nazarbayev

“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.”

— Anonymous

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

— Emile Durkheim

The most numerous objects of legislation belong to the States. Those of the National Legislature [are] but few.

— Rufus King