Home / Topics / Law Quotes

Law Quotes

Browse 12730 quotes about Law.

Law Quotes

“The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the first bill he put his name on has my name on it too. As he said that day with me by his side, "Making our economy work means making sure it works for everyone."”

Thinking Firsts Mean Said Law Names Sides President Pay Economy Fairs Bills Priorities President Obama

Author:Lilly Ledbetter

“Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick”

“Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily given for the future.”

Men Two Law Given Nations Sides Policy Fundamentals Bottom Conservation Dinosaurs Two Sides Rural Life

Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

“Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?”

Littles Real Law Sides Morality Bases Enforcement Real Questions Clout Niceties

Book:Heretics of Dune

Source: Heretics of Dune

“A lawsuit is to ordinary life what war is to peacetime. In a lawsuit, everybody on the other side is bad. A trial transcript is a discourse in malevolence.”

War Law Sides Ordinary Trials Discourse Ordinary Life Lawsuit Malevolence

Book:The Journalist And The Murderer

Source: The Journalist And The Murderer

“In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the basis of the common greed. In this world irrationality clings to man like his shadow so that the right things get done for the wrong reasons - afterwards, we dredge up the right reasons for justification. It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we are always moral and our enemies always immoral; a world where "reconciliation" means that when one side gets the power and the other side gets reconciled to it.”

“It had long been true, and prisoners knew this better than anyone, that the poorer you were the more likely you were to end up in jail. This was not just because the poor committed more crimes. In fact, they did. The rich did not have to commit crimes to get what they wanted; the laws were on their side. But when the rich did commit crimes, they often were not prosecuted, and if they were they could get out on bail, hire clever lawyers, get better treatment from judges. Somehow, the jails ended up full of poor black people.”

Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present

“All of us need an identity which unites us with our neighbours, our countrymen, those people who are subject to the same rules and the same laws as us, those people with whom we might one day have to fight side by side to protect our inheritance, those people with whom we will suffer when attacked, those people whose destinies are in some way tied up with our own.”

People Way Needs Might Law Suffering Fighting Sides Destiny Subjects Identity One Day Protect Tied Inheritance Neighbour Countrymen Tied Up

Author:Roger Scruton

“I'm the out-of-court jester who won't settle, I up the vigilante, I'm a law unto myself but break it anyway! I made a forced landing on the Moebius Strip and now I want to know, which side are you on?”

Knows Want Made Law Sides Break Court Settling Landing Jester Vigilante Court Jester

Author:Bob Black

“Sistani’s office refuses the replacement of the law because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.”

Law Political Sides Party Please Demand Members Office Refuse Former Public Life Replacements

Author:Ali al-Sistani

“One day I was just looking at the coins is what brought this up. I saw "In God We Trust" on my coins. I said, "I don't trust in God," what is this? And I recalled there was something in the Constitution that said you're not allowed to do that and so I did some research. And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side and I filed the suit. It's a cool thing to do. Everyone should try it.”

Should Trying Said Law Sides Saws Atheism One Day Research Constitution I Realized Suits Things To Do Trust In God Coins Don't Trust Cool Things God We Trust

Author:Michael Newdow

“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.”

Facts Reality Law Sides Arguing Gore Your Side

Author:Al Gore

“Society will be obeyed; if you refuse obedience, you must take the consequences. Society has only one law, and that is custom. Even religion itself is socially powerful only just so far as it has custom on its side.”

Ifs Law Sides Powerful Society Consequence Refuse Obedience Customs

Book:The Intellectual Life

Source: The Intellectual Life

“I was always attracted to the type of cinema hero as an adolescent growing up in Ireland. Robert Mitchum springs to mind. Later on, it was Steve McQueen to a certain extent and Charles Bronson. They're these types of grizzled characters who had one foot on the side of law and order and the other foot in the bad guy's camp.”

Mind Character Law Guy Certain Order Sides Growing Up Growing Feet Type Hero Spring Cinema Camps Ireland Bad Guys Law And Order Mcqueen

Author:Liam Neeson