3,047 Quotes About Law


  • Author Sonia Sotomayor
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    All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know.

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  • Author Sonia Sotomayor
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    Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

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  • Author Sophie Swetchine
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    Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue.

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  • Author Terri Sewell
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    Dont count on Congress. Laws come into being because people on the ground demand it.

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  • Author Thaddeus Stevens
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    The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.

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  • Author Thaddeus Stevens
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    No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.

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