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Law Quotes by Mark Twain
- The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will…
- A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes…
- The law of work does seem utterly unfair-but there it is, and nothing can change it: the higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets…
- A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.
- Evolution is a blind giant who rolls a snowball down a hill. The ball is made of flakes-circumstances. They contribute to the mass without knowing…
- Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are…
- It makes one hope and believe that a day will come when, in the eye of the law, literary property will be as sacred as…
- The spirit of Christianity proclaims the brotherhood of the race and the meaning of that strong word has not been left to guesswork, but made…
- Well - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite one, there are not vaguenesses about it. It commands that the brother…
- There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press
- Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.
- Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.
- Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. That is where the true evil lies.
- What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year.…
- Adam was the luckiest man in the world. He had no mother-in-law.
- What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of…
- Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution.
- To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.
- It is plain that there is one moral law for heaven and another for the earth. The pulpit assures us that wherever we see suffering…
- More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the [biblical] texts that authorised them remain.
- Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
- Those people.... early stricken of God, intellectually - the departmental interpreters of the laws in Washington... can always be depended on to take any reasonably…
- We have an insanity plea that would have saved Cain.
- If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would…
- The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse…
More Law Quotes
- 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