- Cloak
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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
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the lead. Put it at the top. Best thing to do. Never go wrong that way. It's an immutable law of journalism. It just always works.
- East Coast
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd rather have a real South Dakotan who has lived in this state and made her living here instead of someone with a fancy East Coast law degree any day.
- Presence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think occasionally it's the presence - or increased presence - of federal law enforcement that can cause that fear.
- Immigration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress makes immigration law. It's that simple. That is how our system works.
- Current Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy.
- Nov 07, 2020
In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think my biggest mistake was deciding not to go to law school directly after I graduated from college.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by pointing to examples of what they view as Western mistreatment of women, or even worse, justify the oppression of women on the basis of notions derived from Sharia law.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was quite convinced that I didn't want to be a lawyer. But I felt that law school would be a useful way to understand public policy and to understand business in this environment.
- Law School
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- Nov 07, 2020