Legal Quotes

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.

“In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.”

Rick Warren

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“Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.”

P. J. O'Rourke

“Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.”

Will Rogers

“I do not believe abortion should be legal.”

Herman Cain

“Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents.”

John Sununu

“All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.”

Joseph Conrad

“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.”

Michael Bloomberg

“In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.”

Rick Warren

“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.”

Marco Rubio

“Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.”

Michael Jordan

“I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”

Steven Wright

“It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.”

Marco Rubio

“Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.”

Ambrose Bierce

“Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration.”

Ted Nugent

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”

Honore de Balzac

“It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.”

Ron Wyden

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