Quotes 161 till 180 of 429.
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It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.
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It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
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It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.
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Judge - A law student who marks his own examination-papers.
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Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.
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Language furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not a rule to which all freely consent.
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Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained.
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Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.
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Law, without force, is impotent.
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Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to the law, but to the facts. In countless litigations, the law Is so clear that judges have no discretion.
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Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
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