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"Judges should interpret the law, not make it."

"Judges should interpret the law, not make it."

Lamar S. Smith, American Politician

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"The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular."

"The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"There is simply no room for anti-Semitism in a democratic and law-abiding state."

"There is simply no room for anti-Semitism in a democratic and law-abiding state."

Aleksander Kwasniewski, Polish Politician

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"The trouble with law is lawyers."

"The trouble with law is lawyers."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

Law, Lawyers, Trouble

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"I am ashamed the law is such an ass."

"I am ashamed the law is such an ass."

George Chapman, English Poet

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"The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases."

"The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

Law, Light, Will

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"This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law."

"This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

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"On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it."

"On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it."

Johnnie Cochran, American Lawyer

Law, Will, Years

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"In the first place I remark that no human law is perfect in its construction or execution."

"In the first place I remark that no human law is perfect in its construction or execution."

Thomas Jordan Jarvis, American Politician

Law, Execution, First

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"Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble."

"Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble."

Vittorio Alfieri, Italian Dramatist

Law, Laws, Italiian

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"That which is not just is not law."

"That which is not just is not law."

William Lloyd Garrison, American Journalist

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"I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."

"I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

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"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself."

"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself."

Thomas More, English Author

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"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

Malcolm X, American Activist

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"Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that."

"Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

Law, Laws, Reality

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"The law is immoral."

"The law is immoral."

Mark Thomas, British Comedian

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"There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it."

"There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it."

Matthew McGrory, American Actor

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"The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known."

"The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known."

Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge

Law, states, United, World

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"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

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"Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up."

"Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up."

John Naisbitt, American Businessman

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"I am not a promoter of more laws, just better ones."

"I am not a promoter of more laws, just better ones."

Lee Terry, American Politician

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"And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side and I filed the suit."

"And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side and I filed the suit."

Michael Newdow, American Lawyer

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"I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it."

"I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

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"The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes."

"The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes."

Lindsey Graham, American Politician

Law, Ideology, Quiet

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"And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe."

"And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe."

Fawn Hall, American Celebrity

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"Also the pictures themselves give a visual to the audience tuning in, that makes them a very important part of law enforcement, or pulling families together."

"Also the pictures themselves give a visual to the audience tuning in, that makes them a very important part of law enforcement, or pulling families together."

Robert Stack, American Actor

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"Next, we will create a modern immigration law."

"Next, we will create a modern immigration law."

Gerhard Schroder, German Statesman

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"I am very pro law enforcement."

"I am very pro law enforcement."

Robert Stack, American Actor

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"This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice."

"This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Law, Court, Justice, Man

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"No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law."

"No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law."

Grover Cleveland, American President

Law, Man, Spirit

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"When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa."

"When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Law, Morals, Vice

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"I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general."

"I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general."

Christine Gregoire, American Politician

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"It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know."

"It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know."

Floyd Abrams, American Lawyer

Law, Press, Public, Right

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"My parents wanted me to go to law school."

"My parents wanted me to go to law school."

Sasha Alexander, American Actress

Law, Parents, School

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"At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable."

"At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable."

Raymond Chandler, American Writer

Law, Mystery, Solution

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"There can be no liberty without the law."

"There can be no liberty without the law."

Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer

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"The Law is never weary of again and again repeating its injunction of local unity of worship."

"The Law is never weary of again and again repeating its injunction of local unity of worship."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Law, Unity, Worship

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"It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them."

"It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them."

Arthur Eddington, British Scientist

Law, Laws, May, Mind, Succeed

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"Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same laws of mortality, and liable to the same ailments and afflictions with his fellows."

"Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same laws of mortality, and liable to the same ailments and afflictions with his fellows."

Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist

Law, Laws, Mortality

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"Necessity has no law."

"Necessity has no law."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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"Modesty forbids what the law does not."

"Modesty forbids what the law does not."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman

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"A law is not a law without coercion behind it."

"A law is not a law without coercion behind it."

James A. Garfield, American President

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"Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion."

"Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

Law, Living, Nothing, Opinion

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"Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome."

"Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome."

Thomas E. Mann, American Sociologist

Law, Public, Responsibility

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"Law is a very addictive profession."

"Law is a very addictive profession."

George Carman, English Lawyer

Law, Profession

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"Unlicensed illegal immigrants drive on our roads and interstates without insurance, and there is little that our law enforcement officials can do to stop them."

"Unlicensed illegal immigrants drive on our roads and interstates without insurance, and there is little that our law enforcement officials can do to stop them."

Spencer Bachus, American Politician

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"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

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"Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it."

"Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it."

William J. Brennan, American Judge

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"It's a bomb. I've already called law enforcement. Let's get out of here."

"It's a bomb. I've already called law enforcement. Let's get out of here."

Richard Jewell, American Celebrity

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"The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law."

"The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law."

Roy Moore, American Judge

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