Legal Quotes

Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that, for many on the right, the sudden and relatively sloppily reasoned character of the abortion rulings... did real damage to the Court's reputation as a relatively neutral arbiter of legal disputes.

Laurence Tribe

I think the issue is that Americans traveling abroad if gotten into legal problems should have access to a fair trial and an impartial tribunal.

Maria Cantwell

I believe that there is something in all of us that is seeking expression, that wants to be heard, that wants to be accepted and respected and loved. We each express ourselves in different ways - through manipulation or domination, through receiving and giving pain, through crying, through loving, through giving hope and inspiration to others. We are all seeking the same thing - expression of who we are and what we want from this life.

Robin D. Hart

I think the American legal system sucks worse than a Celine Dion cover version of Whole Lotta Love.

Dennis Miller

But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions.

Jack Herer

I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.

Max Walker

More law, less justice.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

Anita Hill

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

Constance Baker Motley

The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.

Christopher Darden

The creation of a legal eligibility allowing the grant of an amnesty for treason is abhorrent and unacceptable. The Bill was supposed to be a search for the truth behind the tragedy of 2000, but the Bill never once mentions the word truth.

Graeme Leung

However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition.

Adam Rickitt

Change cannot and will not happen overnight. But the intent to evolve will produce opportunities for growth.

Robin D. Hart

There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.

Daniel Ek

Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice.

Anthony Weiner

We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.

Ibrahim Rugova

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

Christopher Darden

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Honore de Balzac

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.

Lawrence Lessig

In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law.

Aly Khan