Law quotes

“It is not living that is important, but living properly. Socrates chose to die an unjust death, a death he freely accepted, rather than break the laws of Athens to which he pledged his loyalty.”
Kevin Kline - William Hundert

“- Simon Wilder: The beauty of the Constitution is that it can always be changed. The beauty of the Constitution is that it makes no set law other than faith in the wisdom of ordinary people to govern themselves.
- Prof. Pitkannan: Faith in the wisdom of the people is exactly what makes the Constitution incomplete and crude.
- Simon Wilder:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joe Pesci - Simon Wilder
Gore Vidal - Prof. Pitkannan

“Those who will not live by the law shall die by the law!”
Charlton Hesto - Moses

“There are laws that enslave men, and laws that set them free.”
Sir Sean Connery - King Arthur

“This is your law and your finest possession - it makes you free men in a free country. Why have you come here to destroy it?”
Ronald Colman - Professor Michael Lightcap

“The law must be engraved in our hearts and practiced every minute to the letter and spirit.”
Ronald Colman - Professor Michael Lightcap

“- Commander Shears: You mean, you intend to uphold the letter of the law, no matter what it costs?
- Colonel Nicholson: Without law, Commander, there is no civilization.
- Commander Shears: That's just my point; here, there is no civilization.
- Colonel Nicholson: Then we have the opportunity to introduce it.”
William M. Holden - Shears
Alec Guinness - Colonel Nicholson

“- Commander Adams: Whatever you know in here, your other self knows out there.
- Dr. Morbius: I'm not a monster, you...
- Commander Adams: We're all part monsters in our subconscious, so we have laws and religion!”
Leslie William Nielsen - Commander Adams
Walter Pidgeon - Dr. Morbius

“- Helen Parr: Superheroes are illegal, whether it's fair or not, that's the law.
- Bob Parr: The law should be fair. What are we teaching our kids.
- Helen Parr: To respect the law.
- Bob Parr: Even if the law is disrespectful?”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr

“- Helen Parr: You know it's crazy, right? To help my family, I gotta leave it to fix the law, I gotta break it.
- Bob Parr: You've got to, so our kids can have that choice.”
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr

“People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care.”
Lon Chaney Jr. - Martin Howe

“- Mildred Hayes: You could pull blood from every man and boy in this town over the age of 8.
- Willoughby: There's civil rights laws prevents that, Mrs. Hayes, and what if he was just passing through town?
- Mildred Hayes: Pull blood from every man in the country.
- Willoughby: And what if he was just passing through the country?
- Mildred Hayes...” (continue)(continue reading)
Frances McDormand - Mildred
Woody Harrelson - Willoughby

“- Michael O'Hara: Why don't you do it yourself?
- George Grisby: Commit suicide? Me? Don't be silly. Suicide is against the law. We're not going to break the law. This is going to be murder and it's going to be legal.”

Orson Welles - Michael O'Hara
Glenn Anders - George Grisby

“- Abraham Farlan: Be careful, doctor Reeves. In the whole Universe, nothing is stronger than The Law.
- Doctor Frank Reeves: Yes, Mr. Farlan, nothing is stronger than The Law in the Universe, but on Earth nothing is stronger than Love.”
Raymond Massey - Abraham Farlan
Roger Livesey - Dr. Frank Reeves

“- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: There are laws that say women can’t work overtime. And that a woman’s social security benefits, unlike her husband’s, don’t provide for her family after death.
- Student Protestor #1: What?
- Student Protestor #2: Excuse me?
- Student Protestor #1: That’s bullshit!
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Ten years ago, Dorothy Kenyon...” (continue)(continue reading)
Felicity Jones - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Gita Miller - Student Protestor #1
Sean Curley - Student Protestor #2

“The country isn't ready. Change minds first. Then change the law.”
Kathy Bates - Dorothy Kenyon

“These are laws written by men who think we are privileged to be excused from men’s obligations. But it is not a privilege, it is a cage, and these laws are the bars!”
Felicity Jones - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“It is my job to uphold the law and to protect democracy in this city.”
Christian Slater - Josh Davis

“- Sheriff Burnett: Tell me something, old-timer. Are we within the jurisdiction of Snow Hill County?
- Coachman: Yep. You can arrest or hang anyone you want.”
Frank Wolff - Sheriff Gideon Burnett
Benito Pacifico - Coachman

“- Sheriff Burnett: Set a wagon outside of town and put as much food on it as you can spare. If they eat, they'll behave. And you women, all of you, stay inside. Understand? Now let's get moving. C'mon.
- Henry Pollicut: Fill a wagon. So now, these bandits gotta be fought with bread and butter. When are we gonna see some law and common sense in...” (continue)(continue reading)
Frank Wolff - Sheriff Gideon Burnett
Luigi Pistilli - Henry Pollicut
Marisa Merlini - Regina

“- Journalist: The law's often inconvenient, Colonel.
- Col. Mathieu: And those who explode bombs in public places, do they respect the law perhaps? When you put that question to Ben M'Hidi, remember what he said?”
Jean Martin - Col. Mathieu

“- Shere Khan: The man-cub is mine! I have already tasted its mother's blood! It is my right.
- Nisha: Your right according to whose law?”

Benedict Cumberbatch - Shere Khan
Naomie Harris - Nisha

“Ignorance, in the sight of the law, is no excuse.”
Cecil Parker - Claude (a.k.a. 'Major Courtney')

“- Dr. Eve Saks: None of those drugs have been approved by the FDA.
- Ron Woodroof: Screw the FDA. I'm gonna be DOA.”
Jennifer Garner - Dr. Eve Saks
Matthew McConaughey - Ron Woodroof

“You only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang.”
Kurt Russell - John Ruth