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Law Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor
- I don't view prosecutors and attorneys as natural enemies. ... Though their roles are oppositional, the two simply have different roles to play in pursuit…
- We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.
- I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.
- It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law.
- Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.
- Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value.
- My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
- All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it…
- All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where…
- Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important…
- I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the worlds…
- I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the…
- If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law,…
- Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them or…
- When you have strong views about how to approach thinking about the law, then that view is going to lead to certain results in certain…
- The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.
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