Law Quotes

The decision violates both the letter and spirit of the law.

We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views. Respect for human rights, freedom, and the rule of law must be established in the poorest nation in our hemisphere.

The law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance of the men who were effective in war and who loved it because they were effective.

In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.

What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in.

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life.

However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition.

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values.

It is therefore utterly false to say that Marx revokes the law of value as far as individual commodities are concerned, and maintains it in force solely for the aggregate of these commodities.

But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what they thought they appointed him for, and stays with the separation of powers, and with the right of the law to decide.

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.

Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.

And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.