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So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech. Neil Gaiman Legal 498
And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. Dennis Banks Legal 449
The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion. Christopher Darden Legal 184
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. Plato Legal 174
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. George Herbert Legal 167
It is legal because I wish it. Louis XIV Legal 151
I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. Steven Wright Legal 150
We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America. Marco Rubio Legal 145
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. Ayn Rand Legal 143
Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security. J. D. Hayworth Legal 141
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. Jeremy Bentham Legal 134
You know, my first three or four drafts, you can see, are on legal pads in long hand. And then I go to a typewriter, and I know everybody's switching to a computer. And I'm sort of laughed at. Robert Caro Legal 133
Justice delayed is justice denied. William E. Gladstone Legal 120
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. Robert E. Lee Legal 117
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman. Robert Frost Legal 103
Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected. Alan Dershowitz Legal 100
Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. Ambrose Bierce Legal 96
You can't learn everything you need to know legally. John Irving Legal 90
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. Will Rogers Legal 89
You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available. Harold H. Greene Legal 88
Advertising is legalized lying. H. G. Wells Legal 85
And they didn't have to get into a lot of legal speak or talk ER terms, they were real people. I think that's why so many actresses were attracted to it. And it was just about problems that you could identify with so much, right off the bat. James Denton Legal 85
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. Will Rogers Legal 85
To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. Felix Frankfurter Legal 85
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. Michael K. Simpson Legal 85
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. Joseph Conrad Legal 84
I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these. Tom Glazer Legal 82
I worked as a lawyer; as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college; and then I worked principally as legal adviser to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party. Hans Frank Legal 82
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe. Orson Pratt Legal 80
I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor. Samuel Dash Legal 80
I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity. Arabella Weir Legal 80
I do not believe abortion should be legal. Herman Cain Legal 80
It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. Virgil Goode Legal 80
The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. Henry Miller Legal 79
I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online. Evan Hunter Legal 78
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate. Cliff Stearns Legal 78
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant. Constance Baker Motley Legal 77
The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power. James Bovard Legal 77
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. Charles Lamb Legal 77
We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people. Bob Ney Legal 77
Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975. Sally Kirkland Legal 77
Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. Charles Lamb Legal 77
The Florida Supreme Court wanted all the legal votes to be counted. The United States Supreme Court, on the other hand, did not want all the votes to be counted. Vincent Bugliosi Legal 77
Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm. James Otis Legal 76
Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents. John Sununu Legal 76
As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one. Sam Waterston Legal 76
I support legal immigration. Heather Wilson Legal 75
To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. Potter Stewart Legal 75
It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing. Frank Shorter Legal 75
We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that. Pat Travers Legal 75

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