Law Quotes · Page 169

The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.

— John Quincy Adams

“I know not whether laws be right or whether laws be wrong.”

— Oscar Wilde

It's definitely true that law enforcement investigations expand over time in appropriate ways.

— Neal Katyal

“the ball of sexual-tension-meets-too-many-drinks was in her court.”

— Cristin Harber

I don't think any country can survive as a prosperous and dignified country unless there is rule of law.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The laws of chess are as beautiful as those governing the universe - and as deadly.

— Katherine Neville

“Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books." [ Proposition touching Amendment of Laws ]”

— Francis Bacon

But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class…

— John Marshall Harlan

“No country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians…

— Mark Twain

We must secure our borders and restore the rule of law, and more than anyone running, Ted Cruz has fought to make…

— Sam Graves

The IDF takes extraordinary measures to avoid civilian casualties, and is operating in accordance with international law.

— Yoav Gallant

So he's above the law because he's a celebrity or something. Just because you're Russell Crowe doesn't mean you can do whatever…

— Becky Freeman

I do not think everyone is created equal. In fact, I know they're not. [The Constitution] means that everyone should have the…

— Fran Lebowitz

The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should…

— Martin Van Buren

After law school, I put on my power suit and worked at a series of law firms. By the time I was…

— Belinda Johnson

Everyone strives to attain the Law,' answers the man, 'how does it come about, then, that in all these years no one…

— Anonymous

I think it's a typical hidden agenda of the Liberal party... They had the courts do it for them, they put the…

— Stephen Harper

California, like anywhere else on Earth, should have the right to secede whether the United States likes it or not. The preferences…

— David Swanson

There's no such thing as values in Sharia law, that is what I was trying to explain, it's understood in thousands of…

— Mark Durie

So the laws of good driving forbade you to go off the magic ribbon except in extreme emergencies. You were ethically entitled…

— Upton Sinclair

It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn…

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Man is more naturally violent than woman. Four times as many men are involved in homicides as women. You might not pick…

— Jim Webb

I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of…

— Ben Stein

We are talking about creating a legal framework to regulate the production, transit and consumption of drugs.

— Otto Perez Molina

All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .

— Victoria Woodhull

It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.

— Thomas Sowell

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

When I went to law school, I went to learn about justice and equal rights.

— Jeanine Pirro

Order is heaven's first law. Order is earth's first law, too.

— Brian Tracy

“...the laws of nature have continually all my life offended me more than anything.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.

— Christopher Darden

“Nothing is illegal so long as you correct it before the SEC catches it.”

— Ali Sheikh

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

— Abraham Lincoln

Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

— James A. Garfield

It's easy to have strong, visceral feelings about disrespecting America. It's harder to get passionate about tax law.

— Matt Gaetz

Leadership means you communicate. It means you believe in transparency and the rule of law.

— Nancy Mace

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.

— Mason Cooley

“Revenge is a kind of justice. But it is applicable only in wild and lawless places. Says Bhutta”

— Lecturer M K Bhutta Scholar

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

— Rabindranath Tagore