Law Quotes
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President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and the statutory debt limit. Unless the President and House Republicans can agree on changes to current law, the U.S. economy will be in recession by spring.
Mark Zandi
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It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.
William Rehnquist
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Only force rules. Force is the first law.
Adolf Hitler
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For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law.
Fred Upton
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When it comes down to it the city made the law and they need look at it how it's affecting college students in a negative, they're being put out on the street.
John Bacon
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That is one of the Law's purposes, of course: to test the qualities of those who choose to employ it.
Frank Herbert
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The laws of thought are also the laws of things: of things in the remotest space and the remotest time.
C. S. Lewis
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In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.
William Shakespeare
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I started out in pre-law. I was going to go to law school. And I saw a production of 'Tally's Folly' that spring term. I took a theater class that term and auditioned for 'Harvey' at the end of the summer, and I was in a play every semester after that.
Kevin Rahm
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That's the best way to practice law, is writing about it and not having to be in the courtroom!
John Grisham
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There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.
Billy Sunday
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To accomplish its mission, the FBI relies heavily upon its law enforcement and intelligence partners around the nation and around the globe. By combining our resources and our collective expertise, we are able to investigate national security threats that cross both geographical and jurisdictional boundaries.
James Comey
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I had been active in various bar associations ever since I was a law student, and I think that also helped because it made me more of a known quantity.
Jacqueline Nguyen
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The proverb has it that Hunger is the best cook. The Law makes afflicted consciences hungry for Christ. Christ tastes good to them. Hungry hearts appreciate Christ. Thirsty souls are what Christ wants. He invites them: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Christ's benefits are so precious that He will dispense them only to those who need them and really desire them.
Martin Luther
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These illegal aliens are criminals and we need to treat them as such. I'm not in favor of giving amnesty to anybody who has broken the law. I applaud what our Georgia legislature is doing in trying to crack down on this situation.
Paul Broun
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No mans error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
Thomas Hobbes
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The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.
Bill Kristol
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We don't want to merely obey God: we need to catch His heart. It is then we will glimpse the wisdom behind His directives, and not just see them as laws.
John Bevere
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Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.
Lao Tzu
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The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.
William Powell
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Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner
H. L. Mencken
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Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits.
Emile Capouya
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I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.
Steve Clevenger
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To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law.
Byron White