Quotes About Law

The first law of bureaucracy is to guarantee its own continuance.

When we are asked to swear in American courts of law—that we will tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth"—we are being asked the impossible. It is simply beyond our powers. Our memories are fallible; even scientific truth is merely an approximation; and we are ignorant about nearly all of the Universe. Nevertheless, a life may depend on our testimony.

el deterioro de sus cuerpos de que habla la segunda ley de la termodinámica

Don't you ever feel . . . lost in your universe? How do you know what to do, how to behave, if there's no God? Just obey the law or get arrested?" "You're not worried about being lost, Palmer. You're worried about not being central, not the reason the universe was created.

Los recuerdos no cambian y cambiar es ley de todo lo existente.

It is on our bodies that the law must go to work, not only on our minds. Reason must govern in collusion with the senses it subdues, rather as an astute sovereign rules in a way that allows each citizen to feel that he is doing no more than obeying the diktats of his own desires.

Only when all must bow to the same law is every person free.

People more and more view law and order, and view the police who are representatives of law and order, as oppressors rather than protectors.

All, no matter their means, must have an investment in their freedom, and will pay their part. This principle is law, and inviolate.

Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.

It's not lying when you do it to officers!

You are in favour of the common people?" said Dragon mildly. The common people?" said Vimes. "They're nothing special. They're no different from the rich and powerful except they've got no money or power. But the law should be there to balance things up a bit. So I suppose I've got to be on their side.

You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favor, said Vimes. And to protect the innocent. That's all they put in. Maybe they thought those were the important things. Nothing in there about orders, even from me. You're an officer of the law, not a soldier of the government.

That's the way it was. Privilege, which just means 'private law.' Two types of people laugh at the law; those that break it and those that make it.

People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There was no law for those who made the law, and no law for the incorrigibly lawless.

I believe the term is 'eminent domain.' Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government

But we don't do things like that! said Vimes. You can't go around arresting the Thieves' Guild. I mean, we'd be at it all day!

It was a little like stealing. It was exactly like stealing. It was, in fact, stealing. But there was no law against it because no one knew the crime existed, so is it really stealing if what's stolen isn't missed? And is it stealing if you're stealing from thieves? Anyway, all property is theft, except mine.

Sometimes I dream that we could deal with the big crimes, that we could make a law for countries and not just for people

Sometimes what is legal isn't what is right, and sometimes it needs a witch to tell the difference.

We've always been privileged, you see. Privilege just means 'private law.' That's exactly what it means.

Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?

A foot on the neck is nine points of the law.

Where there are policemen there's crime, sergeant, remember that.