Oh, wearisome condition of humanity, Born under one law, to another bound; Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity, Created sick, commanded to be sound.
The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.
When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America; we are hurting our law-abiding citizens.
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts.
Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it's OK.
When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty.
Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract.
There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger our lives on the one hand, and our liberty on the other.
I still have a 15¢ sticker on the frame of my law degree. It's tainted, so I just leave it in the basement.
If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is all we require, and we should say that the phenomenon had been predicted, that it is governed by the laws.
Love is a violent recreational sport. Proceed at your own risk. Helmets, armor, and steel-toe boots are required by law.
The marketplace can handle this. The laws are there. The courts have shown a consistent ability to find a balance between copyright owners and copyright users.
No terms, no conditions, no promises, no commitment, and no institution—but only another example of what happens when law and politics attempt to regulate a religious institution.
In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.
Until we put off the garment of law and tradition and put on that of relationship and grace, we'll be living under the bondage of religion
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
