Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the wide circle of the empire would submit to such an infraction of their privilege, even if a judge could be found daring enough to attempt it.
The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.
No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
Justice is incidental to law and order.
Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.
If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.
Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow.
It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer wages than men for the same work.
The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
I am not a proponent of the death penalty, but I will enforce the law as this Congress gives it to us.
It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.