Top 494 Legal Quotes

Law and justice are the cornerstones of any civilized society. They provide a framework for maintaining order, resolving disputes, and protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals. In this article, we delve into the realm of legal wisdom and present a collection of insightful quotes that shed light on the principles and ideals that underpin the legal system.

Unveiling the Essence of Law and Justice

The law is a complex and dynamic field that encompasses a wide range of disciplines, from constitutional law and criminal justice to international law and human rights. It is a reflection of society’s values, norms, and aspirations, serving as a guide for behavior and a mechanism for resolving conflicts. Justice, on the other hand, represents the moral and ethical dimension of the law, ensuring fairness, equality, and the protection of individual rights.

Legal Quotes: Insightful Words on Law and Justice

Throughout history, legal scholars, jurists, and prominent figures in the field of law have shared their thoughts and perspectives on the principles of justice and the importance of upholding the rule of law. Their words encapsulate the complexities and nuances of the legal system, offering insights into the significance of justice, the balance of rights and responsibilities, and the pursuit of a just society. Below, we present a collection of thought-provoking legal quotes that stimulate reflection and contemplation.

The Florida Supreme Court wanted all the legal votes to

The Florida Supreme Court wanted all the legal votes to be counted. The United States Supreme Court, on the other hand, did not want all the votes to be counted.
Vincent Bugliosi
The Elephantine papyri – written as some of the books of the Bible are being written – is true social and legal documentation, and to historians overwhelmingly powerful and moving, even when ostensibly about trivial things.
Simon Schama
Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals.
J. M. Coetzee
The entire legal system was built upon the assumption that people would have adequate representation. When they don’t, the system fails, and the laws don’t matter.
Shari Redstone
Victims want to know that the true perpetrators of their crime are convicted – legal aid helps achieve this.
Sadiq Khan
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world.
Henry James Sumner Maine
I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction – even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.
Ed Lee
In the United States, female fisticuffs were marginalized, first as erotic vaudeville in the 19th century and later as serious competition developed in the first half of the 20th. Legal wars waged by boxers in the 1960s and ’70s won women the right to compete professionally nationwide.
Katherine Dunn
We have a legal immigration system that’s outdated, it’s primarily based on whether you have family members living here. In the 21st century, it has to be more of a merit-based system, and that is why our legal immigration system is in need of modernization.
Marco Rubio
I lived Tom Girardi’s legal life with him first 10 years of our relationship. I went to every legal organization, every event – all of those groups he belonged to and those speeches he gave.
Erika Jayne
We don’t have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, I’d break up the banking system.
Kenneth C. Griffin
Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so.
Bobby Rush
I’m coming out with my line of shoes and my very first shoe is called ‘The Nethia.’ How we came up with the name is that my legal name is Linnethia and we shortened it.
NeNe Leakes
Every generation gets the Constitution that it deserves. As the central preoccupations of an era make their way into the legal system, the Supreme Court eventually weighs in, and nine lawyers in robes become oracles of our national identity.
Noah Feldman
We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa – not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.
Gary Johnson
So many people who deal with sexual harassment don’t have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice.
Tarana Burke
That’s one thing I don’t think people consider nowadays. They want to believe in the importance of marriage, boil it down to just a signature on a legal document. But that’s exactly what it is. If not, why not just get married without one?
Ariel Pink
People should just buy a CD and rip it. You are legal then.
Bill Gates
We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not.
Michael Bloomberg
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
Arthur Baer
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Otto von Bismarck
I had been very impressed with the courts we visited to see my father. The judges wearing wigs, the lawyers, the legal arguments – it was all exciting stuff for a kid.
Asma Jahangir
Public confidence in, and support for, the euro – and, indeed, the European Union – will ultimately be determined by how well we deliver on growth and jobs rather than on institutional wrangling and complex legal or technical negotiations.
Enda Kenny
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Mark Twain
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.
Jon Corzine
I remember being upset because I was finally legal to drink in Canada, and I decided to throw that all away and move to America, where I had to wait another two years. I came here to do improv and to try to join the Groundlings.
Ryan Reynolds
I think there’s no problem getting through the House a pathway to legal status. A pathway to citizenship is going to be tougher, but I think it is potentially doable, if we can show the American people that the border is secure.
Blake Farenthold
Within my social circle, there is a large group of people who will take bitcoin as legal tender; like, you can go to them and settle debts in Bitcoin, and they will happily take it.
Naval Ravikant
As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.
Rodrigo Duterte
Legal immigration is the primary source of low-wage immigration into the United States.
Jeff Sessions
On immigration, Trump needs an articulate policy that aims to secure the border and keep out illegals while letting in skilled legal workers.
Lawrence Kudlow
People travel overseas to do things overseas that aren'

People travel overseas to do things overseas that aren’t legal in Ireland all the time. You know, are we going to stop people going to Las Vegas? Are we going to stop people going to Amsterdam? There are things that are illegal in Ireland, and we don’t prevent people from travelling overseas to avail of them.
Leo Varadkar
State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey.
Harvey Fierstein
Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no avail.
Shane Filan
People return home from prison and face legal discrimination in virtually all areas of social and economic and political life. They are legally discriminated against employment, barred from public housing, and denied other public benefits.
Michelle Alexander
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.
Robert Frost
Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
Ziggy Marley
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
The good lawyer is the great salesman.
Janet Reno
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.
Yingluck Shinawatra
I wouldn’t pretend to tell you we don’t pay our lawyers well.
Jay Alan Sekulow
I believe all people, regardless of sexual orientation, should be guaranteed the full rights to the legal benefits and responsibilities of marriage under the Constitution.
Tim Kaine
If you see how carefully I prepare for any kind of walk, legal or illegal, small or big, you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that’s when I am ready to walk on the wire.
Philippe Petit
These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it’s so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run.
Michael Bloomberg
As for lawyers, it’s more fun to play one than to be one.
Sam Waterston
My parents realized the dangers of raising a daughter in a social, political, and legal climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls. Although they fled to London when I was just three weeks old, the challenges facing women’s rights in Iran became ingrained in my social consciousness.
Nazanin Boniadi