Quotes About Law

There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.

Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation.

First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our laws and undermines national security efforts.

The Chinese government still would like to see U.S. Internet companies explore the Chinese market, providing they are willing to abide by Chinese law. I think companies like Facebook should think about the Chinese market.

I got some experience appearing as a guest on several news channels, and I thought over the years I would be able to mix practicing law and writing with providing analysis on TV. I didn't know that would lead to a full-time opportunity that would take me away from my law practice. When MSNBC made me an offer to join, I jumped at it.

The police should be addressing car break-ins and burglaries and things like that. And increasingly what they're doing is providing social services. The majority of police are not trained in the provision of social services.

New Hampshire has always shown prudence and responsibility in its application of the death penalty.

Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.

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.

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the contributions in the field of public life, business, law, medicine, and the military of those who actively participated in athletics.

Corruption is when people in public office use that public office for private or selfish ends. This is one of the most central debates in the last 40 years in law, what is corruption.

I believe the passage of a national paid family and medical leave law is not a question of if, but when. But as is so often the case on important public policy issues, we need states and localities to be the incubators of innovation.

Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety.

I am committed to finding new revenue so that state agencies, like the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, can continue to provide essential public safety departments to Alabamians.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety.

I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for corrupt politicians; it would go for public servants who failed miserably or were incompetent.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.

I was always more interested in public service. What I discovered is you could practice law and be a public servant.

My resume showed membership on both the Harvard and Columbia Law Reviews, a credit impressive abroad where it was not generally known that Law Reviews were student-operated publications.

I know that I have the right freely to speak and publish my sentiments, subject only to the laws of the land for the abuse of that right.

There is a certain belief that so long as something is published in cyberspace there is no need to respect the laws of contempt or libel. This is mistaken.

After 'Click, Clack, Moo' was published, I was still practicing law and had no plans to make a career change.