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Law Quotes
Rules, choices, and the order behind them.
This page draws on law in a broad sense — the rigorous logic of scientific theory, the real fork in the road between law school and an acting career, and a general preference for a quiet evening over anything more dramatic. For the legal system specifically, see our Legal quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every person deserves to be treated fairly under the law.
- Evident
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a real and evident problem of democracy in Georgia, and this was the core reason of my entrance into politics. We have no rule of law. It's absolutely absent.
- Afforded
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the statement accompanying the text of Lahore Conspiracy Case Ordinance, the Viceroy had stated that the accused in this case were trying to bring both law and justice into contempt. The situation afforded us an opportunity to show to the public whether we were trying to bring law into contempt or whether others were doing so.
- Naked
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- Nov 07, 2020
The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I really like about law is that it's not an endless discourse like history or philosophy. In law, there comes a point where problems have to be solved, and cases decided.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy.
- Economically
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- Nov 07, 2020
In addition to a stronger focus on better training for law enforcement, America urgently needs programs to provide jobs and educational opportunities in economically depressed communities.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
After acknowledging that most law enforcement personnel are fair-minded and do a difficult job, it only takes one exception to create a terrible tragedy.
- People
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I respect the choice of the people and I respect the law.
- Grips
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I have been pulled over, and I have actually worried, 'Is something going to happen to me even though I am a law abiding citizen?' That is a real fear and is something that we have to come to grips with.
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that the president doesn't interfere in law-enforcement investigative matters is one of our deep normative expectations of the modern presidency. But it is not a matter of law. Legally, if the president of the United States wants to direct the specific conduct of investigations, that is his constitutional prerogative.
- Ethos
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- Nov 07, 2020
The notion of law enforcement as professional, not political, began developing as an aspiration and an ethos even while, in practice, the FBI was the personal fiefdom of J. Edgar Hoover.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The foundations of modern civil-rights law are exceptionally secure. Conservative judges nibble around the edges sometimes, and people still debate the constitutionality of affirmative-action programs. But almost no one seriously argues about the basic meaning or legitimacy of core civil-rights protections.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stability in law - particularly constitutional law - is critically important; the Supreme Court would do well to remember that.
- Establishing
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- Nov 07, 2020