Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

the law

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. 2 sayings from Nelson Algren

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman. 50 more quotes from Robert Frost

Legal abortion will never rest easy on this nation's conscience. 5 other thoughts from Robert Casey

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. 12 quotes from George Herbert

A good lawyer is a bad Christian. 2 quotes from John Lothrop Motley

The trouble with law is lawyers. 14 more views from Clarence Darrow

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. 12 more quotes from George Herbert

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. 24 quotes from Joseph Addison

I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents. 8 more sayings from Bobby Darin

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. 53 views from Honore de Balzac

The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence. 4 quotes from John Clayton

Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism? 3 other quotes from Frederic Bastiat

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. 17 sayings from Calvin Coolidge

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. 26 quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money. 2 views from Mary Roberts Rinehart

God is the King. In him exists all legal authority. 3 sayings from Orson Pratt

Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved. 3 quotes from Orson Pratt

Advertising is legalized lying. 19 thoughts from H. G. Wells

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. 57 quotes from Will Rogers

People are getting smarter nowadays they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. 57 wisdom & wit from Will Rogers

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on. 4 thoughts from Dorothy Day

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. 6 more views from Felix Frankfurter

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. 3 more thoughts from Abbie Hoffman

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. 23 other sayings from Henry Miller

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit. 3 other quotes from Addison Mizner

Justice delayed is justice denied. 7 more views from William E. Gladstone

Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love. 4 more views from Ellen Key

In law, nothing is certain but the expense. 68 quotes from Samuel Butler

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. 3 sayings from Addison Mizner

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. 14 other quotes from Joseph Conrad

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. 41 other wisdom & wit from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. 11 views from Robert E. Lee

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins. 2 more quotes from Arthur Baer

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. 2 wisdom & wit from William Dunbar

Misery is the company of lawsuits. 13 more wisdom & wit from Francois Rabelais

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. 10 quotes from Charles Lamb

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. 7 other quotes from Jeremy Bentham

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language. 2 wisdom & wit from Sonny Bono

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. 11 views from James Joyce

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. 10 more sayings from Charles Lamb