3,047 Quotes About Law

The apparent facts, if you like. I'm not a philosopher. We lawyers don't deal in ultimate realities. Who knows what they are? We deal in appearances.

If life was fair ... one third of the people would comprise of judges and lawyers ... one third of police and prison officials ... and one third of legislators ... and one third more to make the other three thirds make any sense at all .... Thank goodness for no fair.

Hate lawyers all you want. Unlike you, we'll never be replaced with robots. Case closed!

nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents.

Ordinary human laws are the means -- however imperfect -- by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.

The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

القوانين لا تؤسس ولكنها تنظم بعد أن يكون هناك أساس -تعارضها أو غموضها مما يجعلها ثغرة أكثر منها سدة أمر هين بالتكامل التشريعي- ولكن هاوية الأخلاق دامسة لا أمل أن تري فيها ما تروي به ظمأك .

In Confucian thought, individuals practice moral virtue both by restraining themselves and pursuing their own interests. This is a dual push-and-pull process. In today’s China, the latter is taken care of by capitalism and commerce. The former, however, needs to be taken care of by the rule of law. Otherwise, the system of governance is corrupted by unrestrained individual desires and selective enforcement of ‘virtue’ or law.

The lawyer's world is entire unto itself, the human pared away.