Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [621-640] of 827 Law quotesLaw QuotesLaw Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.~ Thomas B. Reed Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law.~ Charley Reese [N]o American should retreat an inch on the right of jurors to acquit if they perceive the law or its administration to be unjust.~ Charley Reese [T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power -- and even the duty -- to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds The constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.~ Rhode Island Declaration of Rights Article I, Section I I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.~ Keith Richards Economic necessity cannot justify a disregard of cardinal constitutional guarantee.~ Riley v. Carter The man who lives under the servitude of laws takes, without being aware of it, the soul of a slave.~ Georges Ripert We continue to claim that nobody is supposed to ignore the law. But we must give some credit to those who know it.~ Georges Ripert One of the greatest problems that we as a free people face today is that for the past 100 years trial judges in the U.S. have routinely misinformed jurors that they were bound to accept the judge’s opinion of what the law is; which law to apply; and whether or not they had to find a defendant guilty. In so doing these judges have welded shut this all important safety valve, which our Founders so wisely provided our society -- and the result has been an explosive one.~ Mike Robbins Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty.~ Henry Martyn Robert For more than a century, this Court has recognized that the admission and exclusion of foreign nationals is a 'fundamental sovereign attribute exercised by the Government’s political departments largely immune from judicial control.'~ Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. I spent three years getting my law degree at Yale Law School. From the moment I enrolled, I was assigned huge, leather-bound editions of legal cases to study and discuss. I read what lawyers and judges, professors and historians said about the Constitution. But never once was I assigned the task of reading the Constitution itself...Over the last decade, however, I have become a student of the Constitution, searching each line for its meaning and intent. Studying the Constitution is like studying the Bible. It is amazing how much more you will learn when you quit studying about it and pick it up to read it for yourself.~ Pat Robertson If something is wrong for you or me, it is also wrong for the cop, the soldier, the mayor, the governor, the general, the Fed chairman, the president. Theft does not become acceptable when they call it taxation, counterfeiting when they call it monetary policy, kidnapping when they call it the draft, mass murder when they call it foreign policy. We understand that it is never acceptable to wield violence nor the threat of violence against the innocent, whether by the mugger or the politician.~ Lew Rockwell Even though they are a relatively recent policy development, civil rights laws are considered necessary to insure rights for blacks. But they are, in fact, among the most draconian forms of intervention into the free market. They attack the essence of private property, the ability to exercise control over it. Such laws have resulted in lessened economic freedom, lowered prosperity, heightened social tension, and more trouble for the groups the laws are supposed to help. ... A Korean grocer may want to employ only Korean clerks, a magazine for black professionals only black editors and writers, and a German restaurant only German cooks and waiters. An employer may think that Iraqi-Americans have been unfairly treated and want to favor them. A women’s health club may want only women customer’s and a men’s bar may want only men. There is nothing wrong with any of these behaviors, although civil rights laws seek to end them. In addition to violating the free labor contract, civil rights laws guarantee everyone the right of “access” to “public accommodations” like restaurants, movie theaters, and shops. In fact, what the civil rights laws call public is really private. These businesses are established by private entrepreneurs with private money. The owners should no more be required to serve everyone who comes into their place than they are required to invite everyone to their home for dinner. A large downtown restaurant is as private as a small house in the country. The real difference between private and public is one of ownership, not function or location.~ Lew Rockwell The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.~ Will Rogers The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.~ Will Rogers There is good news from Washington today. The Congress is deadlocked and can't act.~ Will Rogers I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.~ Will Rogers The test for whether one is living in a police state is that those who are charged with enforcing the law are allowed to break the laws with impunity.~ Jon Roland Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print