Law And Lawyers Quotes

248 Law And Lawyers quotes by 174 unique authors

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed… — Frederic Bastiat
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. — Jeremy Bentham
There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as… — Alfred Adler
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. — Otto von Bismarck
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. — Edmund Burke
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers. — Samuel Butler
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. — Julius Caesar
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of… — Andrew Carnegie
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in… — Raymond Chandler
I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back. — Fred Allen
The more laws, the less justice. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. — Thomas Aquinas
Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific… — Andy Grove
Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape. — Solon
The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Laws are inoperative in war — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress. — Quentin Crisp
Petty laws breed great crimes. — Ouida

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