#legal

They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster. ↗

— Edward Bennett Williams

#lawyer #need #toastmaster

The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#bound #come #even #get #government

Every non-political human grouping of whatever kind, legal, social, religious, economic or other becomes at last political if it creates an opposition deep enough to range men against one another as enemies. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#another #becomes #creates #deep #economic

Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. ↗

— John Yoo

#bush #claim #conventions #decision #deny

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. ↗

— John Yoo

#abu #against #al #apply #between

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions. ↗

— Jack Herer

#bodies #count #dead #legal #millions

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer. ↗

— Anita Hill

#between #clean #i #i can #individual

One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now. ↗

— Anita Hill

#able #again #am #being #i

We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#country #illegal #illegal immigration #immigration #immigration policy