Law Quotes · Page 77

I have an agreement with the houseflies. The flies don't practice law and I don't walk on the ceiling.

— Groucho Marx

I will do everything I can... to make sure that Poland sticks to a development that fosters the rule of law, democracy.

— Frans Timmermans

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

— James Callaghan

The enemies of the Christian religion and the Law of God confuse law with faith.

— Randall Terry

Nature secretly avenges herself for the constraint imposed upon her by the laws of man.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In general, laws are tailored to suit the needs of the ones making them.

— Mariana Fulger

Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

— Myrtle Reed

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.”

— Louise Penny

The Internet was invented in an age when our entire approach to regulation has been extremely lax, and so you'd think, 'OK,…

— Franklin Foer

Antitrust laws ought to be deployed, not against business, but to bust this two-party monopoly, which subverts competition in government and rewards…

— Ilana Mercer

The U.S. is blessed with tremendously creative and imaginative law students at places like Chicago, Harvard, Columbia and Yale.

— Cass Sunstein

In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate…

— John Yoo

As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with…

— Colleen Atwood

If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the…

— Confucius

I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may…

— Tayari Jones

The law commands us to do what we would do naturally if we only had love. The Way consists of finding that…

— Arnaud Desjardins

I don't care if they're licensed legal firearms, people who are not highly trained putting guns in their hands is a recipe…

— Garry McCarthy

The best players in any high-stakes field - business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport - recognize that pressure occurs at…

— John Eliot

These are the strategic dialectics of anti-imperialist struggle: through the defensive reactions of the system, the escalation of counterrevolution, the transformation of…

— Ulrike Meinhof

Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of…

— Samuel Alito

In the Augustan age ... poetry was ... the sister of architecture; with the romantics, and their heightened vowel-sense, resulting in different…

— Edith Sitwell

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice;…

— Al Sharpton

The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order.…

— Ludwig von Mises

We deserve a president of the United States who will write laws for all Americans, not for campaign contributors. And I intend…

— John F. Kerry

A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world.

— Han Fei

My sister-in-law found a real surprise in her stockings - my brother.

— Milton Berle

When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.

— Kate Clinton

First, there is the law. It must be obeyed. But the law is the minimum. You must act ethically.

— Buck Rodgers

There's no law preventing a journalist from publishing whatever they want.

— Asha Rangappa

Fighters have a code, a law, and you have to respect everybody.

— Fabricio Werdum

Where has the genius of the pedistal [sic] of the laws and constitution of our boasted country fled?

— Joseph Smith, Jr

All the other chiefs and tribes have accepted the Great Law of Peace. They now live in peace with one another.

— Hiawatha

The law commit legal plunder by violating liberty and property.

— Frederic Bastiat

It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

There is no grace: there is no guilt: This is the Law: DO WHAT THOU WILT!

— Aleister Crowley

Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

— Confucius

According to the law that governs the universe,all sufferings are your labor of love to unveil your real self.

— Meher Baba

It is divisive politics to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens after a national tragedy.

— Matt Rosendale

There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.

— Adam Cohen

And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It's the law of the universe.

— Bear Grylls