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Where law, ethics, and argument meet.

This legal quotes set covers a songwriting dispute over how similar two songs sound, the weight of the attorney general's office, and the ethics of advertising free legal advice. See Law quotes for more.

I studied law, I got an alright degree, and then I was going to go and do something called an LPC, which is a Legal Practice Course, which qualifies you as a lawyer. But I didn't end up doing it,...

Quotes by Adeel Akhtar

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Quotes by Addison Mizner

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

Quotes by Addison Mizner

I don't know if I'd call it a favorite, but there was an entree in the rotation at my grade school cafeteria called 'Salisbury Steak' that was some kind of freestanding spongiform potage covered in a sauce that would probably...

Quotes by Adam Rex

Government Quotes

As self-driving cars become more common, there will be a flood of new legal questions.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Mississippi's loose campaign finance laws allow lawyers and companies to contribute heavily to the judges they appear before. That is terrible for justice, since the courts are teeming with perfectly legal conflicts of interest.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

Abraham Lincoln

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Abraham Lincoln

I didn't grow up believing that abortion was a good choice for women, but since it was legal, I thought it must be okay.

Quotes by Abby Johnson

Justice Quotes

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

Quotes by Abbie Hoffman

With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.

Quotes by Aaron Swartz

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Quotes by Aaron Allston

I see the job of attorney general as the single most important legal office in the country when you can’t trust the federal government.

Quotes by Zephyr Teachout

Judges wear legal professionalism and precedent as a mantel that secures legitimacy for their decisions. It's how they distinguish themselves from politicians or administrative agencies, while wielding power that is sometimes much greater than those democratically accountable actors.

Quotes by Yochai Benkler

Law Quotes

I will do everything by apply with all the legal and apply with the rule of law. And the main important thing that I have to be fairness to everyone, not just only one person.

Quotes by Yingluck Shinawatra

We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find it odious or if we personally condemn it.

Quotes by Yishan Wong

The settlers, as we know, are the only people in Israel who take the Left seriously. When you read the settlers' publications, you think that the leftists are everywhere: The leftists infiltrate the government, the leftists run the Defense Ministry,...

Quotes by Yair Lapid

Common sense often makes good law.

Quotes by William O. Douglas

Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.

Quotes by William Landay

Lawyer Quotes

Justice? You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.

Quotes by William Gaddis

Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of legal topics come up in these quotes?
This mix covers a copyright-style legal argument between songwriters, a description of a book that dealt with a range of political and legal issues, an opinion about the attorney general's role when trust in the federal government is low, and a wry comparison about advertising free legal advice.
Is there a quote about a legal argument between two songwriters?
Yes: "Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasn't sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad."
Does a quote describe a book covering political and legal issues like sexual harassment and date rape?
One sample post describes a book, "The Myth of Male Power," as dealing with political issues, legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, and women who kill, tying those topics to certain agendas. This is presented as that speaker's own description of the book's content, not this page's characterization of those issues.
Is there a quote about the attorney general's role and trust in the federal government?
Yes - one sample post states, "I see the job of attorney general as the single most important legal office in the country when you can’t trust the federal government." This reflects that speaker's own stated opinion, not a fact this page is asserting about the federal government.
Where can I find more quotes like these?
If you enjoy these, take a look at our Law and Justice quotes pages.

One entry references 'The Myth of Male Power,' a real book that took on legal and political debates around gender, including how the law treats sexual harassment. Continue with Justice quotes or Government quotes.