Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions. Antonio Villaraigosa
‘Crazy’ is term of art; ‘Insane’ is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble. Hunter S. Thompson
Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law. Barak Obama
“If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.” Johnnie L. Cochran
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. Voltaire
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now. Anita Hill
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. Voltaire
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. Mary Frances Berry
Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break the law. And the key there is in terms of civil disobedience. You have to make sure that what you’re risking, what you’re bringing onto yourself, does not serve as detriment to anyone else. It doesn’t hurt anybody else. Edward Snowden.
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes” Mahatma Ghandi
We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law. Lyndon B. Johnson
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Ronald Reagan
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging! Denis Healey
Respect for the rule of law is not optional; it’s fundamental. Frans Timmermans
We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. Mahmoud Abbas.
We are not supposed to be equal. Let’s just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough. Ben Stein.
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. Maximilien Robespierre
A judge may never subvert the law or twist it in any way to match the judge's convictions. Amy Coney Barrett
Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness. James Q. Wilson
The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking. Bill Gates
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow. Chief Joseph
One goal of law - as we learn in law school from the first day of contracts - is to deter bad behavior. Marvin Ammori
The safety of the people shall be the highest law. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Communities do need police, but law enforcement needs to be much more transparent and held accountable for their actions. We also need increased resources for mental health services, affordable housing, education, jobs training, and much more to truly address social and economic issues in our communities. Sharice Davids
The law sometimes sleeps; it never dies. Frank Abagnale
My job is to enforce the law, without fear or favor. Eric Schneiderman
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. Doris Lessing
The rule of law is a republic. The rule of one person is a monarchy. Lee Zeldin
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind. William Blackstone
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. Albert Camus
A law is not a law without coercion behind it. James A. Garfield
All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law. Andy Rooney
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. Demosthenes
You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law. Jesse Ventura
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. Tony Blair
It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it. Alan Dershowitz
When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. Ronald Reagan
Law, without force, is impotent. Blaise Pascal
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community. Thomas Aquinas
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time. Napoleon Bonaparte
I became the messenger who had to be killed. Anita Hill
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. Will Rogers
Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society. Mo Ibrahim
I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps. Les Dawson
In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it. Hillary Clinton
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. Louis D. Brandeis
I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer. Anita Hill
The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other. Anita Hill
That which is not just is not law. William Lloyd Garrison
Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. Barbara Boxer
The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. Dwight D. Eisenhower
True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community. Betsy Hodges
The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King Jr
Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law. Will Durant
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. Potter Stewar
Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking. Derek Jarman
Law never is, but is always about to be. Benjamin N. Cardozo
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. Hubert H. Humphrey
There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not. Rush Limbaugh
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
Order is heaven's first law. Alexander Pope
We desire and thirst for freedom, democracy and the rule of law just like anyone else. And we are prepared to fight tooth and nail for all of those things. Joshua Wong
The law is reason, free from passion. Aristotle
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. Ronald Reagan
I think we all change each other's paths. I don't know which law idea that is in physics, but I don't think any of us can live without affecting one another. Frank Ocean
If you love the rule of law, you must love it in all of its applications. You cannot only love it when it provides the verdict you seek; you must love it when the verdict goes against you as well. Cheryl Mills
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself. Thomas More
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. Robert Kennedy
I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights. Sonia Sotomayor
Civil disobedience is, in fact, a conservative idea, a few steps short of overt rebellion. It honors the rule of law by insisting on good law and rejecting bad law. Tom Tancredo
We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy. Emily Thornberry
Sometimes the scandal is not what law was broken, but what the law allows. Edward Snowden
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority. Livy
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. Potter Stewart
We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice. Anita Hill
Justice delayed is justice denied. William E. Gladstone
The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing. Caroline Kennedy
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle
Law and order in our communities doesn’t arise spontaneously. Tom Cotton.
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 not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much for the right. Henry David.
Law and justice are not always the same. Gloria Steinem.
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. Robert E. Lee
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Real heroes don't wear capes. Real superheroes wear uniforms and badges and stethoscopes! Real superheroes are members of our military, law enforcement, and first responders. Pretend superheroes wear capes! Dean Cain
Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society. Joseph P. Bradley
Punishment is justice for the unjust. Saint Augustine
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. E.W. Howe
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler. Al Gore
Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor. Amy Klobuchar
There can be no liberty without the law. Cecil B. DeMille
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. John Locke
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
The most important thing about intellectual property vs. creative expression is that copyright law was created not to stifle creativity but to encourage creativity. Shepard Fairey
We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis. Johnnie Cochran Jr
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. Immanuel Kant
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law. Jeremy Bentham
What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man. Herbert Spencer
Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. Addison Mizner
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 France
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 Read
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. Charles Dickens.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr
We relentlessly seek new answers.
One way or another, we get to the bottom of things.
Even when the road is rough we ride on it.
-Johnnie Cochran Jr
-Johnnie Cochran Jr
-Johnnie Cochran Jr
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