- Government
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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.
- Lawyers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have decided not to appeal the ruling that took my law license. My accusers, the Board of Supervisors, once again have fired my lawyers, ensuring I cannot properly defend myself or my anti-corruption efforts.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
After graduating from Brown, I went to law school and became a corporate lawyer in New York City.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
After getting a law degree, I spent five unhappy months as a corporate attorney.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just hated the law. I wasn't cut out for it. I couldn't imagine spending my life doing that, so I quit before I began.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American system of civilian control of the military recognizes that soldiers' attention must be fixed on winning battles and staying alive, and that the fog of war can sometimes obscure the rule of law.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since JPMorgan Chase announced its surprise $2 billion-and-growing trading loss, there have been renewed calls from economists, pundits, and politicians to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era law that prevented commercial banks from participating in investment banking activities.
- Disclosure
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to protecting workers, labour conditions, labour legislation, the rights for collective bargaining, when you look at our environmental standards, when you look at our public disclosure laws and accountability and securities regulations to ensure that companies abide by the law, we don't have a level playing field with China.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
- First Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.
- Door
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- Nov 07, 2020
The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.
- Clear
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be clear... no one is above the law.
- Either
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- Nov 07, 2020