We shouldn’t have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

There is always another way to say the same thing that doesn’t look at all like the way you said it before. I don’t know what the reason for this is. I think it is somehow a representation of the simplicity of nature.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don’t have executions.

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

Just because you’ve seen ‚My Cousin Vinny‘ doesn’t qualify you to be a federal judge.

What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don’t want to fulfill, then they lose real meaning and steal the joy from our lives. And if we’re too religious, we won’t be able to be led by the Holy Spirit and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

I’m rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it’s no longer his… I just see what people make of it.

Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.

Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.

I believe that a government has only one religion – India first. A government has only one holy book – our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion – towards nation.

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

I don’t like allegories.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

The word ‚good‘ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it’s dead for you.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The Bill of Rights is not an a la carte menu.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?

The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished.

I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool – and I’m not any of those – to say that I don’t write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Law is mind without reason.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Law, without force, is impotent.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

Our constitution is a ray of hope: H for harmony, O for Opportunity, P for people’s participation and E for equality.

I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Sometimes I think that there’s a fine line between impressionistic and messy.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

Law is always better than war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

Due process should matter.

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.

Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

You make a movie, and if somebody reads something into it, then great, more power to him.

When written in Chinese, the word ‚crisis‘ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

One of the peculiarities of Delhi is that the term ‚reform‘ is associated only with passing of laws in Parliament. In fact, the most important reforms are those needed, without new laws, at various level of the government, in work practices and procedures.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.