Quotes About Law

I don't know if I have a memory of not thinking I was a writer - it goes that far back. I went to law school because I didn't know how to earn a living otherwise. I tried to ignore the pull, but it wouldn't let me.

I'm a felon. I get pulled over all the time.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

This country does not punish its political enemies. What this country ensures is that no one is above the law.

Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.

Doing a thing by law, or according to law, is only carrying the law into execution. And punishing a man by, or according to, the sentence or judgment of his peers, is only carrying that sentence or judgment into execution.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the mistakes, then there are times when it is justified.

In the past, whistleblowers have had their desks moved to break rooms, broom closets, and basements. It's a clever punishment, good-government activists say, that exploits a gray area in the law. The whole thing can look minor on paper. They moved your office. So what?

Capital punishment is an appropriate punishment for rape.

No one wants a president to be guilty of obstruction of justice. The only thing worse than that is a guilty president who goes without punishment.

But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.

Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.

The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment.

This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.

Zero-tolerance on drinking and driving - meaning no drinking at all before driving - is a collective punishment that, in essence, only affects responsible adults who follow the law.

I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.

The bottom line is: If any government has a rule that would legally allow it to punish people for things that don't deserve punishment, then that law should be scrapped or changed.

The best crime stories are always about the crime and its consequences - you know, 'Crime And Punishment' is the classic. Where you have the crime, and its consequences are the story, but considering the crime and the consequences makes you think about the society in which the crime takes place, if you see what I mean.

Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly.

You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments. And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you are potentially wrecking your own life too.

Growing up with a father who was a judge, I heard a lot about justice. But for justice to be applied, punishments need to fit their crimes.

The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.