#legal

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him. ↗

— John Marshall

#guilt #innocence #justice #law #legality

Never trust a man who dresses too well or stays too clean. It ain't natural and whatever he's up to probably ain't legal. ↗

— Sue Merrell

#legal #natural #trust #well-dressed #nature

All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#because #court #defense #experience #funds

And books that were published in much larger numbers than Selfish, Little are hard to find. And publishers who wanted to publish my last few works have them stuck in limbo while new distribution ideas and legal issues and fears are blown away. ↗

— Peter Sotos

#blown #blown away #books #distribution #fears

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#best #cheapest #compromise #lawyer

Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because really, who's gonna wanna work? ↗

— Jon Stewart

#affirmative #affirmative action #because #gonna #here

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#against #among #been #before #care

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#anything #changed #illegal #make #voting

The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#immature #legal #legal system #porous #system

It's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#avoid #legally #paying #really #taxes