When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.

Quote by Dick Houser

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Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow...

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

That which is a law today is none tomorrow

That which is a law today is none tomorrow

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too...

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too...

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

Necessity hath no law

Necessity hath no law