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Quotes About Law

Only a year after ratifying the UN Convention against Torture, Clinton thus violated one of its key clauses, indicating that Washington would continue to favor covert operations over compliance with international law.
~ Alfred W. McCoy
Coriolanus'] violence and pride overbalanced his services; and he that would submit to no law, was justly driven out from the society which could subsist only by law.
~ Algernon Sidney
The craft was dangerous and unpredictable, and witches were difficult to control, for they had minds of their own and didn't hold to keeping to the law.
~ Alice Hoffman
you seat next to the defendant and we'll get this procedure underway.
~ Alice Kimberly
International Law has never stopped men in their pursuit of conquest or revenge.
~ Allen Drury
Lawyer – One skilled in the circumvention of the law.
~ Ambrose Bierce
He who ignores the law of probabilities challenges an adversary that is seldom beaten.
~ Ambrose Bierce
MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.
~ Ambrose Bierce
APPEAL, v.t. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
~ Ambrose Bierce
ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.
~ Ambrose Bierce
I am First of the Magi. I am the last authority and I say . . . I am righteous.' 'You? No.' 'Yes, Ferro. Power makes all things right. That is my first law, and my last. That is the only law that I acknowledge.
~ Joe Abercrombie
But laws did not appear at all the rigid pillars they once had. If the Great Change had proved anything, it was that—with enough force, with enough fear—one could bend them into whatever knots one pleased.
~ Joe Abercrombie
No matter how great and glorious the making, time will unmake it. No matter how strong the word, strong the thought, strong the law, all must return to chaos.' Skifr jerked her head back and sent spit spinning high into the air, arcing neatly down and spattering on rusted metal. 'King Uthil says steel is the answer. I say his sight is short. Dust is the last answer to every question, now and always.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Nothing was stronger than the law! Now it seemed that fire was stronger still. Law alone, without enforcement, is just breath.
~ Joe Abercrombie
The universal law is that the most frustrating thing will always happen, no matter how unlikely.
~ Joe Abercrombie Heroes
My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.
~ Joe Biden
The doors of dimension open to me so I may experience the mystical. My body is healing every day. My words are law. I feel loved deeply and daily. Wealth flows to me.
~ Joe Dispenza
The best cop I met was a female and her name was Mother Nature. - Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05/cold-weather-crime_n_4730512.html
~ Joe Giacalone
There is no such thing as a good police shooting, it's either justified or not. - MSNBC 9/21/16
~ Joe Giacalone
Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.
~ Joe Orton
Who ever said keeping the law of the Lord is peaceable work? The devil brings a sword and I bring a sword back to him. It is the will of the Lord and I am his servant.
~ Joe R. Lansdale
sight all that sounds?" Harry asked. "That's why I take my fee up front," Smith said. "No offense, Lou," he added. "Harry's right. It doesn't make sense," Blues said. "King was acquitted of the Byrnes murders. He could take out an ad on a billboard admitting he did it and never do a day in jail. A civil case is just money and he has enough to make that go away." "Dixon, are you trying
~ Joel Goldman
framed law school diploma on a third. Mason examined it closely to be certain that Campbell's degree wasn't from the Columbia School of Broadcasting.
~ Joel Goldman
Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. ROMANS 13:10
~ Joel Osteen