Quotes about law
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. Arthur Conan Doyle
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 reason cases
Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason. John Powell
law voice venice
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil. William Shakespeare
law culture taming
And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
lawsuit legal seeking stopping
A lawsuit with no legal precedent, seeking no damages, from no jury, in the name of stopping something that isn't happening? Only in New York. Kenneth Langone
law firsts doe
The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment. Dmitri Mendeleev
law recognition has-beens
No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.
law goal would-be
Our goal is not to douse the recession with money, which would be useless, as both you and I know. Our goal is to liberate the business initiative, to lower administrative and law enforcement pressure and to make legal protection truly effective Dmitry Medvedev
law produce certainty
Certainty always produces questions, uncertainty statements. It is a balancing law of nature. Djuna Barnes
law assault-weapons cities
Assault weapons pose a grave threat to all Americans, but most especially to law enforcement officers on our city streets. Dianne Feinstein
lawyer should presentation-skills
Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.... Abraham Lincoln
law slavery constitution
Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away.
lawyer accomplished
I am not an accomplished lawyer.
law needs prove
In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not.
law
There are times when the law grinds kind of slowly.
law harm
There are laws for everything except the harm families do. Sue Grafton
law wishes
We're going by the law and the mother's wishes and the wishes of the child.
law two feet
In the United States, except for slaves, servants and the destitute fed by townships, everyone has the vote and this is an indirect contributor to law-making. Anyone wishing to attack the law is thus reduced to adopting one of two obvious courses: they must either change the nation's opinion or trample its wishes under foot. Alexis de Tocqueville
law justice majority
There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adoptedby the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the cornerstone of each nation's law.
law liberty duration
[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom.