(511 quotes found)
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
Plato
“Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.”
Albert Einstein
“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
Ayn Rand
“Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.”
Mark Twain
“I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer.”
Will Rogers
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.”
William Shakespeare
“Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer”
Benjamin Franklin
“The average lawyer is essentially a mechanic who works with a pen instead of a ball peen hammer.”
Robert Schmitt
“If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.”
Julius Caesar
