Laws Quotes · Page 30

Law is not a trade, not briefs, not merchandise, and so the heaven of commercial competition should not vulgarize the legal profession.

— V. R. Krishna Iyer

The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.

— Mo Ibrahim

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

— Abraham Lincoln

Children need to be exploring their physical world. They need to be learning the fundamental laws of physics by manipulating objects.

— David Perlmutter

the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Laws are designed by corporate governments to control the behaviors of their mass populations.”

— Steven Magee

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

— Siri Mitchell

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

— William O. Douglas

There are always those who say legislation can't solve the problem. There is a half-truth involved here. It is true that legislation…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible…

— Alexander Hamilton

If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and…

— Robert Reich

“...for a country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from…

— Primo Levi

Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black…

— Angela Davis

Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it…

— Joseph P. Bradley

The entire legal system was built upon the assumption that people would have adequate representation. When they don't, the system fails, and…

— Shari Redstone

I tend to prioritize emotional realism above the known laws of time and space, and when you do that, it's inevitable that…

— Helen Oyeyemi

No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce…

— Charles B. Rangel

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

— Arun Jaitley

The sanctity of law can be maintained only so long as it is the expression of the will of the people.

— Bhagat Singh

“In violation of any given law, first you must understand it, and then keep it.”

— Rita A. Barnes

The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court.

— David Brooks

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them

— Jonathan Swift

Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly.

— Claire McCaskill

“Laws that are not aggressively and consistently enforced are the tools of tyranny.”

— S.P. Dornbos

“The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow.”

— Rudyard Kipling

Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see.

— George Herbert

“If you are breaking the law, it is better when someone other than the IRS finds out first.”

— Amit Chandel

“Not everything that falls within the law is right. Don’t be trapped into thinking it is.”

— Jane Davis

A theoretical grounding in agronomy must, therefore, include knowledge of biological laws.

— Trofim Lysenko

“Demeter became a “law” because a human being decided so; don’t be fooled by its grandiose name.”

— Sandi Metz

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

— Albert Einstein

We are a country of laws. When you take that away, the consequences are enormous.

— David Grann

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is thinking about

— Aldo Leopold

“ordinary friendships simply do not affect the common good in structured ways that could justify legal regulation.”

— Sherif Girgis

A lot would change if laws were strictly enforced. I know it's a medieval thought, but fear is what keeps us from…

— Shraddha Srinath

“If you can't live by the laws the LORD God made for the world, they'll go into effect regardless.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Laws aren't ghosts in this country, they walk around with the smell of earth on them.”

— John Updike

You do not have to obey the law you did not sign under, until you hurt anyone.

— Ilkin Santak

We shall meet again. I have believed in God. I obeyed the laws of war and was loyal to my flag.

— Adolf Eichmann

The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse…

— Edmund Burke