Quotes About Law

Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?

Interference in the internal affairs of one nation by another is an unpardonable violation of international law and custom.

Drugs are a rotten business. But when you pass a law against them they become

The answer is found in the word "achieving," for these "momentary troubles are achieving for us" something very precious. They are teaching us not only the way to victory but, better still, the law of victory—there is a reward for every sorrow, and the sorrow itself produces the reward.

It's not like there's a law against flying." "Yes there is. The law of gravity.

No existe ninguna ley que prohíba volar, ¿verdad?. -Claro que sí. La ley de la gravedad.

No hemos infringido ninguna ley - se volvió hacia Zuzana y preguntó en checo -: No existe ninguna ley que prohíba volar, ¿verdad? - Claro que sí. La ley de la gravedad.

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Well yet, this life such as it is, yet we love it, and loath we are to end it; and if it be in hazard by the law, what running, riding, posting, suing, bribing, and if all will not serve, what breaking prison is there for it!

Other offences, even the greatest, are the violation of one law: despotism is the violation of all.

Lex malla, lex nulla. A bad law is no law.

That's not the spirit of the law, Emma. Remember? The Law is hard, but it is the Law." "I thought it was 'the Law is annoying, but it is also flexible.

The Law is hard, but it is the Law.

Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it is punishable by death under the Law." Tessa thrust the book away from her as if it were on fire. "You can't be serious." "You're right. I'm not." Will leapt down from the ladder and landed lightly in front of her. "You do believe everything I say, though, don't you? Do I seem unusually trustworthy to you, or are you just a naive sort?

Laws are meaningless, child. There is nothing more important than love. And no law higher.

Sed lex, dura lex

When he faced her again, he had never looked to her so much like one of the Fair Folk. His eyes were full of feral amusement, a carelessness that spoke of a world where there was no human Law. He seemed to bring the wildness of Faerie into the room with him: a cold, sweet magic that was nevertheless a bitter at the roots. The storm calls you as it calls me, does it not? He held out a hand to her, half-beckoning, half-offering. "Why lie?" he said.

You bled on the Speaking stars ...I bet there's a law somewhere about that.

The Law is annoying, but it is also flexible.

Such a fuss ofer a few mundanes." Mrs Dark chuckled and moved to stand beside her sister, so that Will, with his blazing sword, was between Tessa and both ladies. "We have no quarrel with you, Shadowhunter, unless you choose to pick one. You have invaded our territory and broken the Covenant Law in doing so. We could report you to the Clave-" "While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly, they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way," Will said

Will looked as if she had slpped him. "I didn't do it so you'd be grateful!" "Then what?" Her voice rose. "You did it because it's your mandate? Because the law says-" "I did it because I love you!

If love is great, then it is worth fighting for." "What if it is immoral somehow? Forbidden?" "Forbidden? But my father's love for my mother was forbidden, or at least against the law. Or do mean if she is married, or a vampire?" "Or a married vampire." "Well, nevertheless," Will said, with a grin. "One should fight on. Love conquers all." Will and Jem

Magnus did not have enormous respect for the Law, but if he was breaking it he wanted to look good doing it.

If the marriage were valid, she'd be your sister-in-law.