Quotes About Law

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

We have a society now where obedience to the law is really a choice, an option only.

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.

I think for any society to develop and become a civilized society, they need an independent judiciary.

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology, politics, international relations and economics. History is also an ideal discipline for almost all careers in the law, the civil service and the private sector.

No one would normally accuse me of being soft on crime.

Certainly, I don't think I can ever be accused of being soft on crime.

A judge sometimes must release a criminal. He doesn't like it, she doesn't like it, but the law requires it. And the context of an election in which you are "soft on crime" betrays a misunderstanding of the judicial process and a misunderstanding of the Constitution.

Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly paid human lawyers.

Why don't law firms use project management software to track where they are in the process of completing a deal and let customers see that?

No American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found guilty of a crime by a court.

I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them.

If I became president now I would immediately pass a law that makes every citizen a policeman or a soldier.

I thought of myself as a soldier who was going to law school.

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?

Health care decisions are the sole province of an individual, her family, her doctor and her faith. Fear of the law has no place in the equation.

A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the rule of law.

While we all respect the solemn responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the public, we must also safeguard the rights of Missourians to peaceably assemble and the rights of the press to report on matters of public concern.

It is a sad law of politics that just because a problem exists, it doesn't mean a solution exists.

You can't expect law enforcement to provide the solution to the drug problem.

I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.