legal quotes

Alimony – the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

A precedent embalms a principle.

When the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.

I love being in a courtroom.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

We’re talking about in the Proposition 8 case fundamental rights, civil rights. I offer no apology for the position I took in Prop. 8.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety.

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.