Quotes About Law

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.

I'm big into social studies, the humanities. I really love history and world issues and philosophy and law.

I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law

There is only one attraction, one law, one power and that is the power of love.

Spring dances with joy in every flower and in every bud letting us know that changes are beautiful and an inevitable law of life.

In the history of old Jewish literature there was never any basic difference between the poet and the prophet. Our ancient poetry often became law and a way of life.

The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.

They let dangerous men out of prison now, yes sir, I'm afraid it's so. Cause they're over crowded and it was only his fifth offense.

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral ideal and achieve it merely by law.

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

The politics of judges is getting to be red hot.

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.

Now if you shoot someone, sir, you can get off Scott free. It's the latest thing Mr. Lincoln, can you believe?

NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ

The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.