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Law Quotes by Clarence Darrow
- The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now take human life;…
- Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
- We are born and we die; and between these two most important events in our lives more or less time elapses which we have to…
- Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell property…
- Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with…
- The law is a horrible business.
- Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
- I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor - anybody can do that - but…
- The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
- The trouble with law is lawyers.
- Every one knows that the heavenly bodies move in certain paths in relation to each other with seeming consistency and regularity which we call [physical]…
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- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong
- This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me… — Joe Arpaio
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson