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" A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance. "

Herbert Spencer

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" Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of society. For one man to disobey a law he does not like is to invite others to disobey another law which he may regard as indispensable to his own livelihood - or life. "

" Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. "

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" We should encourage people who have lived here peacefully for years to earn legal status over time. "

" The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality. "

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" As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't. "

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" Major miscarriages of justice have occurred because of the absence of proper legal representation. "

" It is right to give every man his due. "

" She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

" It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house. "

Warren E. Burger

" The military tribunals currently underway at Guantanamo Bay create a clear legal process, as affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, for adjudicating the cases of these terrorists, when possible. Those efforts would be severely undercut by moving the detainees to the United States. "

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

" If you have been vaccinated for polio, mumps, measles, chicken pox, hepatitis, or rabies, it may be too late for you to stand your ethical ground: You have already benefited from fetal-tissue research. This is, after all, a practice that's been legal since the 1930s. "

" Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union. "

Coretta Scott King

" We should all have the legal right to purchase health insurance from any insurance company in any state, and we should be able use that insurance wherever we live. Health insurance should be portable. "

" Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. "

Herbert Spencer

" Food is like a legal drug. You can take 50 cents and walk into the store and buy a Twinkie and get high. And it's killing people. "

" Americans have grown a great deal more realistic about lawyers and the law. I think that's all for the good. A lot of people will say to you these days, 'If you are looking for justice, don't go to a courtroom.' That's just a more realistic perspective on what happens in the legal process. "

" The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism. "

" Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. "

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" Misery is the company of lawsuits. "

Francois Rabelais

" I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. "

" The first misconception is that embryonic stem cell research is not legal. The fact is, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal. Research on embryonic stem cells has taken place for years. "

" Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious. "

Herbert Spencer

" Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18. "

" In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country. "

" While everyone is entitled to a little vacation now and then, America's top legal officers should adhere to basic measures to increase accountability and restore the public's trust in government. "

" Socialism, reduced to its simplest legal and practical expression, means the complete discarding of the institution of private property by transforming it into public property, and the division of the resultant public income equally and indiscriminately among the entire population. "

George Bernard Shaw

" I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them. "

" Sure, our legal system has its flaws, but it is the best legal system in the world. "

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