Law and lawyers quotes

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◆ In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sa

- Niccolo Machiavelli100

◆ I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters

- Pierre-Auguste Renoir99

◆ Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community

- St Thomas Aquinas99

◆ The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.

- Byron R White99

◆ It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

- John Paul Jones99

◆ The more corrupt the state, the more laws.

- Publius Cornelius Tacitus99

◆ If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

- Julius Caesar99

◆ When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty

- Charles Evans Hughes99

◆ I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

- Fred Allen99

◆ Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.

- Dario Fo99

◆ If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism

- Thomas Jefferson99

◆ Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different

- Hart Pomerantz99

◆ Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.

- Latvian Proverb99

◆ The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread

- Anatole France99

◆ There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals and organized bodies of men. You cannot go on violating these laws in the name of your nation, yet enjoy their advantage as individuals. We may forget truth for our conv

- Rabindranath Tagore99