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Law Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant; the rapist who…
- Her hands quieted. "Yeah. Because even if the law says that no one is responsible for anyone else, helping someone who needs it is the…
- But rules only work when everyone plays by them. What happens when someone doesn't, and the fallout bleeds right into his life? Whats stronger- the…
- Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were…
- What's stronger-the need to uphold the law, or the motive to turn one's back on it?
- The answer is that there is no good answer. So as parents, as doctors, as judges, and as a society, we fumble through and make…
More Law Quotes
- . . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. — Samuel Johnson
- You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. — C.S. Lewis