Law Quote by Will Rogers

“The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.”

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She was so ugly she could make a mule back away from an oat bin.

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We are always saying: Let the Law take its Course but what we really mean is: Let the Law take OUR Course.

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The Democrats and the Republicans are equally corrupt where money is concerned. It's only in the amount where the Republicans excel.

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Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week.

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Politicians, after all, are not over a year behind public opinion.

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American invents everything, but the trouble is we get tired of it the minute the new is wore off.

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I don't know what humor is.

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There are two things I don't care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist's testimony, and the other is…

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The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

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I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack…

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There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.

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America is a great country, but you can't live in it for nothing.

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It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a…

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[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left…

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The law is like apparel, which alters with the time

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I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time…

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It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought to favor this right and, so far as it can, see that the largest possible number among the masses of the population prefer to own property… But if the productive activity of the multitude can be…

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Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac.

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Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?], any man might instantly use what another had invented; so that the inventor had no special advantage from his own invention. The patent system changed this; secured to the inventor, for a limited time, the exclusive…

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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece of wood? He has a right to use his knife to cut his meat, a fork to hold it; may a patentee take from him the right to combine their use on the same subject? Such…

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