Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not need laws at all, and bad men are made no better by them

Quote by Demonax The Cynic

Topics: Law And Lawyers Quotes, Mankind Quotes

Our system is not one of justice, but of law

Our system is not one of justice, but of law

I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please

I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

If we had a girl, my wife wanted to call her Sue -- a lovely...

If we had a girl, my wife wanted to call her Sue -- a lovely...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has...

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has...

The robes of lawyers are lined with the obstinacy of clients

The robes of lawyers are lined with the obstinacy of clients

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases...

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases...

That which is not just is not law.

That which is not just is not law.

Young lawyers attend the courts not because they have business there but because they have...

Young lawyers attend the courts not because they have business there but because they have...

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others,...