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248 Law And Lawyers quotes by 174 unique authors
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In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers who formed the United States Constitution had such a mastery…
— Wallace Stevens
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Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual privilege,- as too much individual privilege in its turn was…
— Woodrow Wilson
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Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
— Unknown Author
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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when…
— John Adams
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Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity
— Edmund Burke
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The law is like apparel, which alters with the time
— Unknown Author
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Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no…
— John Selden
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Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go into business? E
— Unknown Author
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Many of life's circumstances are created by three basic choices: the disciplines you choose to keep, the people you choose to be with; and, the…
— Unknown Author
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The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free.
— Henry David Thoreau
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It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.
— Henry David Thoreau
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He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
— Proverb
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A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns.
— Mario Puzo
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We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed, the greater the number of lawbreakers and tax evaders
— Lao Tzu
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We need a law that will permit a voter to sue a candidate for breach of promise
— Mark Twain
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A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you argue the law; if you…
— Frederic Bastiat
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The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and there is not a force…
— John Adams
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The average lawyer is essentially a mechanic who works with a pen instead of a ball peen hammer.
— Unknown Author
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This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Useless laws weaken necessary laws
— Charles De Montesquieu
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Moral principle is the foundation of law.
— Ronald D Dworkin
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Law is an ass, an idiot.
— Charles Dickens
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