a law is but a deduction from experience and experiment…

If, occasionally, historical evidence does not square with formulated laws, it should be remembered that a law is but a deduction from experience and…

— Immanuel Velikovsky

“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you…

— William Bernhardt

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you…

— Al Gore

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law.

— Anonymous

Mr. Starr, have you no shame? Facts and law are always subordinated to the will of the American people.

— William H. Ginsburg

There was once a professor of law who said to his students. When you are fighting a case, if you have facts on your…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor…

— Florence Nightingale

It is quite wrong that one group of people should regularly and deliberately flout the law, boast about it and get away with it.

— Ann Widdecombe

“Any law too often subject to infraction is bad; it is the duty of the legislator to repeal or to change it, lest the…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for…

— Frederic Bastiat

Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who…

— Gerry Spence

We are always saying: Let the Law take its Course but what we really mean is: Let the Law take OUR Course.

— Will Rogers

“The laws of every country must be analogous to some common principle.”

— Thomas Paine

The law is like apparel, which alters with the time

— John Dodderidge