King consciously steered away from legal claims an …” – Constance Baker Motley
King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. – Constance Baker Motley
Legal Quotes
Sooner or later they are going to live in a New Yo …” – Anthony Weiner
Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it’s common and they don’t even notice. – Anthony Weiner
There’s been so much corruption and so much cronyi …” – Travis Kalanick
There’s been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask for permission upfront for something that’s already legal, you’ll never get it. – Travis Kalanick
Once the Supreme Court in 1973 decided that infant …” – Michael Moriarty
Once the Supreme Court in 1973 decided that infanticide could be legal, it not only ended America’s ‘inalienable right to life,’ it threw the Golden Rule right off the shores of this continent. – Michael Moriarty
If we desire respect for the law, we must first ma …” – Louis D. Brandeis
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. – Louis D. Brandeis
Things happened there that I don’t think are the f …” – Rahm Emanuel
Things happened there that I don’t think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best. – Rahm Emanuel
Thanks to the Internet in general and social media …” – Rebecca Mackinnon
Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing – at least sometimes – without any actual political or legal reforms having taken place. Major political power struggles and scandals are no longer kept within elite circles. – Rebecca Mackinnon
Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political a …” – Cass Sunstein
Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law. – Cass Sunstein
There comes a time when a human being has to eithe …” – Bill O'Reilly
There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings. – Bill O'Reilly
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Te …” – Cliff Stearns
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
So many times I’ve heard people say that the right …” – Alice Dreger
So many times I’ve heard people say that the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples won’t really change anything other than some legal and financial stuff. It’s a dumb argument: those legal and financial effects matter. – Alice Dreger
Though I had come into the world on 16 November 19 …” – Jose Saramago
Though I had come into the world on 16 November 1922, my official documents show that I was born two days later, on the 18th. It was thanks to this petty fraud that my family escaped from paying the fine for not having registered my birth at the proper legal time. – Jose Saramago