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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.
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- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws.
- Changes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.
- Catholic Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Catholic faith is the foundation of my worldview, and my judicial duty is governed, from beginning to end, by the law.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faith properly informs the religious lawyer or judge, and morality is not in tension with fidelity to the law.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am able to put aside personal beliefs and follow the law, even when I strongly disagree with it.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.
- Noble
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- Nov 07, 2020
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.
- Deem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.
- Catch
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?
- Freedom Of Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
- Nov 07, 2020