(511 quotes found)
“Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But I don't think that he thinks he did.”
Jimmy Carter
“The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant. instead of my master.”
Brigham Young
“The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.”
Henry David Thoreau
“It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.”
“I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.”
Fred Allen
“Law is an ass, an idiot.”
Charles Dickens
“Shakespeare said, "Kill all the lawyers." There were no agents then.”
Robin Williams
“Law never made men a whit more just.”
