3 December 2020 Anita Hill 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.
3 December 2020 Caleb Cushing Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate.
3 December 2020 Thomas Carper Class action lawsuits are an important part of our legal system. All citizens should have the right to band together and settle grievances with bigger companies, but that system is broken and it needs fixing.
3 December 2020 Constance Baker Motley King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.
3 December 2020 Henry Miller The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.
3 December 2020 Heather Wilson I support legal immigration. I don’t support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.
3 December 2020 Yingluck Shinawatra I will do everything by apply with all the legal and apply with the rule of law. And the main important thing that I have to be fairness to everyone, not just only one person.
3 December 2020 Sol Wachtler A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman.
3 December 2020 Anita Hill I’m not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Dorothy Day The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.
3 December 2020 John Yoo 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.
3 December 2020 J. William Fulbright Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.
3 December 2020 Dick Durbin There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees – not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights.
3 December 2020 Ambrose Bierce Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
3 December 2020 Sonny Bono I’m not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.
3 December 2020 Frank Shorter It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes – they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.
3 December 2020 Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr. Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Thomas Friedman We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.
3 December 2020 Andrew Thomas Today, corruption has won and justice has lost. I brought corruption cases in good faith involving powerful people, and the political and legal establishment blatantly covered up and retaliated by targeting my law license.
3 December 2020 Lord Halifax If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.
3 December 2020 J. M. Coetzee Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals.
3 December 2020 Kilari Anand Paul Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call.
3 December 2020 Charles W. Pickering Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.
