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Quotes About Law

Every nation is destined, by the law of God and humanity, to form a free and equal community of brothers.
~ Giuseppe Mazzini
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
~ Edmund Burke
The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.
~ Nelson Mandela
Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity.
~ John Constable
If any difference should be made by law between husband and wife, reason, justice and humanity, if their voices were heard, would dictate that it should be in her favor.
~ Ernestine Rose
One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.
~ C. S. Lewis
I got pulled over by a cop, and he said, 'do you know the speed limit here is 55 miles per hour?'. So I said, 'oh, that's OK, I'm not going that far.'
~ Steven Wright
There's a fine line between masturbating while you look out a window, and masturbating while you're looking in a window. I'll give you a hint: one of 'em is super illegal.
~ Dave Attell
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
~ Bill Cosby
Every law is an infraction of liberty.
~ Jeremy Bentham
The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity.
~ R. A. Lafferty
Well, evolution's just a theory.' And, I'm thinking to myself, 'Well, thank goodness gravity's a law.'
~ Marc Maron
A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.
~ Dennis Miller
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
~ Quentin Crisp
In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'
~ Robin Williams
I stuck my head out the window and got arrested for mooning.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
~ Nicolas Chamfort
Justice will prevail!
~ Tsugumi Ohba
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
~ Allen Tucker
Tequila? It's not even a drink. It's a way for having the cops around without using a phone.
~ Dylan Moran
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
~ George W. Bush
The Second Amendment! It says you have the right to bear arms, or the right to arm bears, whatever the hell you want to do!
~ Robin Williams
The only laws are paradox, humor and change.
~ Dan Millman
The law often permits what honor prohibits.
~ Bernard-Joseph Saurin