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Quotes About Legal

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.
~ Tom Waits
They told me to chase my dreams but this restraining order says differently.
~ Unknown
I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.
~ Tony Campolo
I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.
~ Tony Campolo
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us.
~ Tony Campolo
the bureaucracy gets ridiculous and the legal implications of opening your mouth has you more concerned about losing your job than actually solving the problem.
~ Unknown
There has never been a Supreme Court ruling on the admissibility of polygraph evidence in federal court.
~ Paul Ekman
I've been ridiculed by silk-suited lawyers, jailed by ornery judges, and occasionally paid for services rendered. I never intended to be a hero, and I succeeded.
~ Paul Levine
I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.
~ John Forbes Nash, Jr.
Insanity is a legal term. Crazy is an art form.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
There are vogues and fashions in jurisprudence as in literature and art and dress.
~ Benjamin Cardozo
later. He flew in from Chicago with two deputy sheriffs, and walked into the
~ Danielle Steel
got involved in class-action suits that went on for years. He
~ Danielle Steel
Never again will I underestimate the persuasive power of a woman with legal training and big tits.
~ Dave Barry
Under Florida's stand your ground law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.
~ Dave Barry
It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.
~ Dave Eggers
Marcus is reading a 256-page contract between the Every and a supplier of cobalt. This has been read by a number of company attorneys and outside consultants, but the attorneys miss a lot. Given the proliferation of auto-fill and AI in the legal profession, lawyers no longer know how to write. Some ninety percent of contract boilerplate is now generated by algos and AI, with only minor human intervention or augmentation. This can lead to ghastly problems.
~ Dave Eggers
I'm actin' pro se. Do you even know what that means?" "Yeah, it's Latin for 'dumbass.
~ David Baldacci
In the legal arena, she could go anywhere. The trouble
~ David Baldacci
have put up a bond of five hundred dollars—significant
~ David Baldacci
courtroom waiting for their case to be called. Those
~ David Baldacci
shirt cuffs, and said, "Mr. Leopold has been charged with three counts
~ David Baldacci
americanus legalis cannibalis
~ David Baldacci
When rights become merely legal claims attached to interests and preferences, the stage is set for political and social conflict.
~ David Boaz