“And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.”
The law is supposed to be the framework for a fair society, though it does not always live up to that promise. These quotes explore justice, rights, the legal system, and the ongoing tension between the letter of the law and its spirit.
“The trouble with law is lawyers.”
“And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.”
“We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America.”
“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.”
“We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.”
“I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.”
“We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.”
“Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration.”
“I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”
“These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run.”
“You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.”
“The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, they're going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him.”
“I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction.”
“The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.”
“Misery is the company of lawsuits.”
“Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy.”