Laws Quotes

Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.

When the president does it that means that it is not illegal.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.