- Lawyer
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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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- British
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- Nov 07, 2020
British electoral law forbids different campaign organisations acting in concert unless they have a shared cap on spending.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is of course one of the great joys of our country, a beacon of democracy that the world admires, that every citizen is equal under the law - even the prime minister - and no one, not even him, is above it.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't going to be an actor. I was going to be a lawyer. I came from a family just above working class, just below middle class, a great family of wonderful values. The idea of me having a chance for a law degree was enticing. Enticing to me but also very enticing to my family.
- Corruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Arizona's law makes what is already a federal offense - being in the country illegally - a state offense. Some critics seem not to understand Arizona's right to assert concurrent jurisdiction.
- Constitute
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- Nov 07, 2020
Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional statutes - because they know that if the Constitution is truly to constitute the nation, it must trump some majority preferences.
- Common Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their unchanged purpose is to show respect for opponents and the game. In baseball, as in the remainder of life, the most important rules are unwritten. But not unenforced.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020