#law

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#ever #laws #never #nor #novel

Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends. ↗

— Edward Levi

#builds #changing #claim #ends

Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns. ↗

— Carl Levin

#accidental #child #critical #guns #involving

Laws are subordinate to custom. ↗

— Plautus

#laws #subordinate

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#animosity #announcing #certain #compelling #dissent

My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#job #laws #line #people #persuade

If you violate laws of God, you're a sinner. If you violate laws of men, you're a criminal. If you violate your own laws, you're pathetic. ↗

— Toba Beta

#god #laws #men #pathetic #sinner

We have all read tragic stories in our local papers about gun accidents as a result of misuse. As lawmakers we can better promote safety and responsibility by encouraging gun owners to purchase gun safes to store firearms and keep them from falling into the wrong hands. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#accidents #better #encouraging #falling #firearms

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#actual #any #aristocracy #cannot #decree

It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

#be true #believe #everything #hear #lawyers