- Compassion
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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
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of us know nothing about constitutional law, so it's hardly surprising that we take sides in the Obamacare debate the way we root for the Red Sox or the Yankees. Loyalty to the team is what matters.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse for accused criminals, and it cannot be an excuse for members of Congress.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
These are Canadian and United States intelligence and law enforcement offices who are working in teams and who are using good intelligence and good law enforcement to really stop the criminals and terrorists before they ever get to the border.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug pushers and smugglers and others who seek to break the law.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think what's so powerful about Black Lives Matter is we're the first movement able to take on law enforcement and make it a popular discussion.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
What will be the final straw that finally forces Congress to at least open up formal debate - let alone introduce a bill, pass it, and have it signed into law - that curbs the scourge of gun deaths across the country?
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
About the only gun law we have in Vermont is during deer season. If you have a semi-automatic, you can't have more than six rounds in it.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom, and being willing to fight to tell your client's story - the story of why the right view of the law and my client's interests are one and the same.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020