“A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.”
“Laws are not invented. They grow out of circumstances.”
“Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.”
“Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.”
“The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.”
“The first thing we do, lets kill the lawyers. [Henry Iv]”
“The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.”
“Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.”
“This is a court of law young man, not a court of justice.”
“The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.”
“Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.”
“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”
“The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.”
“Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.”
“God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.”
“In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.”
“Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made.”
“Laws too gentle, are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.”
“It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.”
“Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.”
“Laws teach us to know when we commit injury and when we suffer it.”
“I think we may class the lawyer in the natural history of monsters.”
“The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.”
“I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.”
“We eagerly get hold of a law that serves as a weapon to our passions.”
“Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.”
“Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them.”
“The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.”
“The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime.”
“I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.”