Distinction Quote by John George Nicolay

Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.

— Abraham Lincoln

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

— Alan Dershowitz

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The practice of law sharpens the mind by making it narrow.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I think more important than law is the hearts of people.

— Louis Gossett, Jr

People say law but they mean wealth.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

— Oliver Goldsmith

“Because the common law was not simply the creature of political power-holders, it became another of the forces for separation of powers and of…

— Thomas Sowell

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The existence of law is one thing; its merit or demerit is another.

— John Austin

“law grinds the poor, rich men rule the law”

— Oliver Goldsmith

It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.

— Tacitus