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- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.
- Misunderstanding
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- Nov 07, 2020
A judge sometimes must release a criminal. He doesn't like it, she doesn't like it, but the law requires it. And the context of an election in which you are "soft on crime" betrays a misunderstanding of the judicial process and a misunderstanding of the Constitution.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Forgiveness became a big part of the civil rights movement, juxtaposed against the violence of protesters and law enforcement. King described forgiveness in one of his early sermons as a pardon, a process of life, and the Christian weapon of social redemption.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
What often happens in a court of law is that, if victims do get their day in court, they are on trial as much as the perpetrators.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.
- Equal Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
- Nov 07, 2020
If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.
- Auto Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to ensure politically that what's doable can indeed by translated into law, but what's not doable mustn't become European law. Otherwise, the auto industry will work somewhere with higher carbon emissions - and we can't want that.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020