Law Quotes

The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you.

The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you.

Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.

Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if more

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for more

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a defendant.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

Those learned in the law, when they do give advice without the usual fee, and in the confidence of friendship, more

Those learned in the law, when they do give advice without the usual fee, and in the confidence of friendship, generally say, "Pay, pay anything rather than go to law.".

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, more

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.