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Quotes about Laws

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Ambrose Bierce
(1842 - 1914)
Lawsuit, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
De La Lastra's CorollaryAfter an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted.
De La Lastra's LawAfter the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.
Edward Abbey
(1927 - 1989)
The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.
Jay Leno
(1950 - )
If you can prove you have broken the existing law for two years, you'll be protected under the new law.
- (on provisions of proposed illegal-alien legislation)
Jeremy BenthamEvery law is an infraction of liberty.
John Alejandro King a.k.a. The Covert ComicThe Law of Scary Laws: For any behavior, policy or belief X, one's personal disapproval of X can be expressed as a scary law of the form: 'Those who fail to stand up to X will sooner or later find themselves at X's feet.'
PlatoGood people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
VoltaireI was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.
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