Law Quotes

Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people whom they are meant to benefit, and not imposed upon them according to the simple rule of right.

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.

A man with a club is a law-maker.

Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.

I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law

Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional. All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.

It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.

The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.