The American preoccupation with the law, which is certainly not past, was at its zenith in 1995. The 1980s, the late 1980s, had sort of begun to percolate up to public consciousness this enormous interest in the law. – Scott Turow
If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this inside your own territory. As long as you go international, you really have to be sure that there is an international law which you respect and which you follow. – Sergei Lavrov
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. – Tobe Hooper
It is questionless desirable in all ordinary cases, wherever positive law is established, to restrain ourselves within the letter of that law and to allow the criminal all the benefit, if benefit to him shall result, of any evasion or escape that the law shall afford him. – William Godwin
We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad. – Timothy Murphy
The backbone of our nation’s domestic defense against terrorist attacks will continue to be the men and women in local law enforcement and emergency services. – Saxby Chambliss
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. – Tony Blair
The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don’t want something, it will not be done. – Sun Myung Moon
I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated with the world. And I believe in equality of opportunity. Those are my basic beliefs. On top of that, of course, I believe in some moral values. – Sebastian Pinera
I’m not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I’d have to go back to school or something. – Zach Galifianakis
You know I don’t really have faith in politicians – this is quite a sleazy business. But there is no law which says that all politicians will turn out to be scumbags. – Zac Goldsmith
It is a rule of international law that weapons and methods of warfare which do not discriminate between combatants and civilians should never be used. – Sean MacBride
Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law. – Zack de la Rocha
The U.S.-led western alliance, while acting as an advocate of democracy, rule of law and human rights, is acting from the opposite position, rejecting the democratic principle of the sovereign right of states enshrined in the U.N. Charter and trying to decide for others what is good and what is bad. – Sergei Lavrov
If we are going to be serious about enforcing the law, we have to have a background record check system to make sure that people don’t get weapons who shouldn’t. – Tim Kaine
In the first place I remark that no human law is perfect in its construction or execution. – Thomas Jordan Jarvis
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. – William Cobbett
As long as Palestinian violence exists, but not a Palestinian state, Israel is in danger, because it cannot obtain assistance from the international community against an entity that is not subordinate to international law. – Stephane Hessel
If our interests – our legitimate interests, the interests of Russians – have been attacked directly, like they were in South Ossetia, for example, I do not see any other way but to respond in accordance with international law. – Sergei Lavrov
Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life. – Sean O’Casey
The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women’s rights law has become a sudden rushing torrent. – Shana Alexander
A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don’t want to have to deal with 50 different state laws. – William Jackson
By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. – Sextus Propertius
I’m literally running up and down stairs all day long. If a constituent comes in to see me, I go downstairs. If a law client comes in, I run up to see him. – Scott Garrett
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. – Samantha Power
I married an American. He was from the Pacific Northwest but went to law school in the South, so I was living in Virginia and North Carolina. – Sarah Hall
