Law Quotes

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.

I believe that presidents up through and including George Bush have known that Americans were left alive and in violation of law, these high officials and certain of their appointed subordinates have continued and perpetrated a cover up of this reality.

I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney.

For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

Besides, I always thought that one of the great attractions of practising law was what I like to call the collegiality of the profession and I think that duty of collegiality applies even when we are retired.

We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.

And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.

Law, without force, is impotent.

It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and so many other women in my generation. Their pioneering lives have created boundless possibilities for women in the law. I thank them for their inspiration and also for the personal kindnesses they have shown me.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy.

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism of the law.

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

I started walking at night with my sister in law which has been amazing. It really does something for you. It just kind of clears the mind, it just makes you feel better, things start to tighten a little bit.

What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income.

If did go back to school, I would want to learn another aspect of the entertainment industry like to become a producer or an agent, you need a law degree.