Quotes about law
law citizens good-citizen
My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law. Arthur Conan Doyle
law justice
I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
law play criminals
'It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you,' cried the Inspector, with the magnificent fair play of the British criminal law.
law heaven sublime
Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's back, and find them both ingenious. Arthur Balfour
law three newton
As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there. Arthur C. Clarke
law interesting mind
Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far asblather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material. Anton Chekhov
law hemisphere world
It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance. Baldwin Spencer
law people justice
It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because the greatest suffering among the people at the moment is caused by lack of justice and lack of the rule of law. Aung San Suu Kyi
law long individual
As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.
law progress kind
With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
law virtue misuse
Over Legislation is not necessarily a virtue. It often leads to misuse of law. Arun Jaitley
law made should
That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much. Arundhati Roy
law littles too-much
No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to others. Anthony Trollope
law water may
Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
law editors individual
An editor is bound to avoid the meshes of the law, which are always infinitely more costly to companies, or things, or institutions, than they are to individuals.
law cities people
People search for love as if it were a city lost beneath the desert dunes, where pleasure is the law, the streets are lined with brocade cushions, and the sun never sets. Diane Ackerman
law play lines
As an attorney, I assure you the law isn't a line engraved in marble, immovable and unchangeable through the centuries. Rather... the law is like a string, fixed at both ends but with a great deal of play in it very loose, the line of the law so you can stretch it this way or that, rearrange the arc of it so you are nearly always short of blatant theft or cold-blooded murder safely on the right side. That's a daunting thing to realize but true. Dean Koontz
law ideas police
One of my symptoms included my obsession with ghosts and law enforcement -- I carry around a police badge with me, for example. I became obsessed by Hans Holzer, the greatest ghost hunter ever. That's when the idea of my film Ghostbusters was born. Dan Aykroyd
law fundamentals too-much
The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself. Damon Lindelof
law government degrees
The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree. Craig Ferguson
law physics laws-of-physics
Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me.
law long desire
It takes a long time to become a lawyer because you need three things - a bachelor's degree, a law degree, and a desire to worship Satan.
law ideas elements
I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I've always been touched by the idea of criminality. Elizabeth Strout
law scary watches
The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the second time. You will never have that pure experience as when you first watch it. Eli Roth
law people brushes
People say I've had brushes with the law. That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors. Edwin Edwards
law needs lawyer
What I need is a lawyer who specializes in the law of the jungle. Ashleigh Brilliant
law long forgotten
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
law wings done
Thought may well be ever ranging, And opinion ever changing, Task-work be, though ill begun, Dealt with by experience better; By the law and by the letter Duty done is duty done Do it, Time is on the wing! Arthur Hugh Clough
law order world
To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order. Arthur Henderson
lawyer states position
Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions. Arlen Specter
law rights done
We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough. Ben Stein
law people credit
The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.
law matter physics
Darwinism doesn't explain where gravity comes from. It doesn't explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn't explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn't explain where matter comes from.