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title: "10 Law Public Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Law Public quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Law Public sayings and thoughts."
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> [The law is the public conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/the-law-is-the-public-conscience/)

[Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/)

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> [I didn't go to fancy schools or come from money or from a family that valued law or public speaking in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-katyal/i-didn-t-go-to-fancy-schools-or-come-from-money-or-from-a-family-that/)

[Neal Katyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-katyal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/neal-katyal-8085_education_i-didn-t-go-to-fancy-schools-or-come-fro_1013561.jpg)

> [Our nation is grounded on the rule of law, and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-rosenstein/our-nation-is-grounded-on-the-rule-of-law-and-the-public-must-be/)

[Rod Rosenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-rosenstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/rod-rosenstein-29522_government_our-nation-is-grounded-on-the-rule-of-la_2283091.jpg)

> [Judges . . . rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-e-burger/judges-rule-on-the-basis-of-law-not-public-opinion-and-they-should/)

[Warren E. Burger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-e-burger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/warren-e-burger-20339_bases_judges-rule-on-the-basis-of-law-not-publ_617041.jpg)

> [I was always more interested in public service. What I discovered is you could practice law and be a public servant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-west/i-was-always-more-interested-in-public-service-what-i-discovered-is/)

[Tony West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-west/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/tony-west-24915_law_i-was-always-more-interested-in-public-s_2771618.jpg)

> [In private matters everyone is equal before the law. In public matters, when it is a question of putting power and responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/in-private-matters-everyone-is-equal-before-the-law-in-public-matters/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

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> [The penal code deals with things like theft, false testimony, adultery, fornication, etc. and then there's the law of the state, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjem-choudary/the-penal-code-deals-with-things-like-theft-false-testimony-adultery/)

[Anjem Choudary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjem-choudary/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/anjem-choudary-18363_adultery_the-penal-code-deals-with-things-like-th_934467.jpg)

> [Some emotions are essential to law and to public principles of justice: anger at wrongdoing, fear for our safety, compassion for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-nussbaum/some-emotions-are-essential-to-law-and-to-public-principles-of/)

[Martha Nussbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-nussbaum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/martha-nussbaum-4759_anger_some-emotions-are-essential-to-law-and-t_2108809.jpg)

> [I think the problem is, if we foreclose any public justice, then we cut off the virtuous cycle that's represented by law,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-minow/i-think-the-problem-is-if-we-foreclose-any-public-justice-then-we-cut/)

[Martha Minow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-minow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/martha-minow-28967_cutting_i-think-the-problem-is-if-we-foreclose-a_3228429.jpg)

> [Our courts' decisions do not permeate the public consciousness - we have no equivalent of the Brown v Board of Education ruling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-thornberry/our-courts-decisions-do-not-permeate-the-public-consciousness-we-have/)

[Emily Thornberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-thornberry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/emily-thornberry-6730_board-of-education_our-courts-decisions-do-not-permeate-the_909706.jpg)

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