3,047 Quotes About Law

For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing in the NBA.

1951. Law is a rule of conduct enacted by competent authority for the sake of the common good. The moral law presupposes the rational order, established among creatures for their good and to serve their final end, by the power, wisdom, and goodness of the Creator. All law finds its first and ultimate truth in the eternal law. Law is declared and established by reason as a participation in the providence of the living God, Creator and Redeemer of all.

…a törvény könyörtelen következetességében néha enyhének és erőtlennek látszott az idő önkényével szemben.

…mindegyre inkább „apa” volt, megfellebbezhetetlen, pontos, kérdező és válaszoló, de kissé úgy, ahogy az orvos, vagy …igen, ahogy a bíró kérdez.

A szerkezet, az igazságosztás szerkezete, ez a bonyolult, nagy gépezet, bizonyosan tökéletlen volt, gyakran csikorgott, minden zugában rozsdás volt és poros: de jobbat nem tudott senki, tökéletesebbet nem talált még fel ember, nélkülözni nem lehetett, bele kellett nyugodni. A bíró volt az, aki lélekkel, erővel töltötte meg e gépezetet.

Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.

The law, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, doth revive it, put strength into, and increase it in the soul, even as it doth discover and forbid it, for it doth not give power to subdue.

Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform principle is almost synonymous with fairness. Uniform application of a detailed rule, on the other hand, will almost always favor one group over another. p. 34

Start with the observation that American law is not designed to catch and punish every instance of illegal conduct. Nothing short of a totalitarian state could do that. It is designed to prosecute persons when there is a reasonable basis for believing they have committed a crime, and then to convict them when there is no reasonable doubt that they are guilty.