3,047 Quotes About Law

If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?

One listens to one's lawyer prattle on as long as one can stand it and then signs where indicated.

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways

What is crucial is there be laws.

More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law

We aren't getting what we should from law enforcement.

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.

The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.