Perjury Quotes

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The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. — Joseph Butler
I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless. — John Lyly
You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ... Government contains impure ingredients - as anybody who's looked at Congress can… — P.J. O'Rourke
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers. — Ovid
"Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir," replied the little gentleman. "Harsh word, my dear sir, very harsh word indeed. It's a… — Charles Dickens
No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor. — Nancy Johnson
I don't think that in a technical legal sense it matters, ... It's neutral as to Libby because he has been indicted for perjury and… — Rodney A. Smolla
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery. — Demosthenes
OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury. — Ambrose Bierce
After years spent trying to deal with the effects of COINTELPRO, my rage at the FBI's almost unimaginable evil remains undiminished because I believe that… — William Kunstler
I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and attended many trials… — Hunter S. Thompson
I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now! — Paul Tillich
Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he… — Barbara Olson
Don't fear to pledge. By winds the perjuries of love Are blown, null and void, across the land and farthest seas. — Tibullus
If you commit perjury in a so-called first-degree murder case, and you're caught red-handed for the entire world to see, and you get only a… — Johnnie Cochran
Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and… — Trey Gowdy
'Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one case as in… — Theodore Roosevelt
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, church, and your king, you are conventionally held… — Bertrand Russell
Judges... are picked out from the most dextrous lawyers, who are grown old or lazy, and having been biased all their lives against truth or… — Jonathan Swift
Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it. — Lysander Spooner

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