Law quotes

“And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.” Michelle Obama

“You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.” Ron Paul

“Law, without force, is impotent.” Blaise Pascal

“Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.” Blaise Pascal

“In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.” Colin Powell

“Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.” Thomas Paine

“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.” Thomas Paine

“When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.” Pope John Paul II

“All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family - and God's love - this world would be a far more gentle and better place.” Mitt Romney

“We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” Ronald Reagan

“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.” Ronald Reagan

“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.” Ronald Reagan

“It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.” Ronald Reagan

“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” Ayn Rand

“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.” Ayn Rand

“Rights are not a matter of numbers - and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob.” Ayn Rand

“Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.” Ayn Rand

“No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.” Theodore Roosevelt

“It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.” Bill Gates

“A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.” Rene Descartes

“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” Charles Darwin

“We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.” Charles Darwin

“My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts.” Charles Darwin

“Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.” William Blake

“Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.” Francis Bacon

“Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.” Francis Bacon

“It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be.” David Bowie