Criminal Law Quotes

29 quotes by 27 authors

I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately. — F. Lee Bailey
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to… — Louis D. Brandeis
From the standpoint of any sane person, the present problem of capitalist concentration is not only a question of law, but of criminal law, not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political maxims, civil and… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Islam has a total organization of life that is completely different from ours; it embraces simply everything,...There is a very marked subordination of woman to… — Pope Benedict XVI
With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could be in favour… — Kenneth Clarke
I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never… — Kenneth Lay
If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be… — Thomas Szasz
Political economy regards the proletarian like a horse, he must receive enough to enable him to work. It does not consider him, during the time… — Karl Marx
It's funny that they've called homosexuality a crime... At this rate, everyone will be a criminal. — Kangna Ranaut
I'm real bent on dialogue. I'm just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it's… — Christopher Darden
The actual and potential harm of use of the drug is not great enough to justify intrusion by the criminal law into private behavior, a… — Unknown Author
'It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you,' cried the Inspector, with the magnificent fair play of the British… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The great and constant need of those who investigate homicide and practice forensic pathology or criminal law is a warm humanism. — Ramsey Clark
The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to denounce financial devices which are useful and legitimate because use… — William Graham Sumner
What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law therefore cannot be… — Pierre Trudeau
Obviously if you are an accountant, a criminal lawyer, a president, or a senator, or if you work in a funeral parlor, you have to… — Jean Pigozzi
I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we… — Elizabeth Strout
Any idiot would know women's needs are simple. All we want is your basic millionaire brain surgeon criminal lawyer great dancer who pilots his own… — Linda Sunshine
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. — John Yoo

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