Legal System Quotes

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?”
― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy

“Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“I believe [...] that while all human life is sacred there’s nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.”
― Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

“When people can get away with crimes just because they are wealthy or have the right connections, the scales are tipped against fairness and equality. The weight of corruption then becomes so heavy that it creates a dent that forces the world to become slanted, so much so — that justice just slips off.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy.”
― Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

“When the Rule of Law disappears, we are ruled by the whims of men.”
― Tiffany Madison

“Spring had come finally and after much hesitation, to Lincoln's Inn Fields and there were daffodils out upon the green grass and gilly-flowers blooming in the window-boxes of the ground floor sets. This being Lincoln's Inn, where an air of general severity prevails, they did so with an unconscionable meekness, as if they feared that some legal eminence- Mr Crabbe perhaps- would descend in wrath from his chambers and present them with a writ for unlicensed blossoming or occupying too great a proportion of space.”
― D.J. Taylor, Kept

“They have secret weapons that break the heart of innocents, elevate stress levels, shoot down to make it look guilt. They can burn from the inside this way and make it seem natural death. Judges use them to force their wrong opinion”
― Maria Karvouni, You Are Always Innocent

“Don’t commend yourselves, dispensers of justice, that the rack
Is superseded, and collars of iron no longer fetter our necks.
Not one person, not one heart, has been elated that in our day
An intentional spasm of clemency contorts you into appearing more delicate.

The scaffold repays what it has received
Over time, like children their toys from old birthdays.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus

“The legal system protects property rights, allowing entrepreneurs to innovate and take risks.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Never forget that the ones who're enforcing the laws are far more guilty than the ones penalised for the crimes.”
― MuzWot

“A legal system that supports it's people when they are in the wrong is problematic.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Democracy is incomplete unless there is a money-free legal system.”
― Sri Amit Ray, Democracy Restructuring: Compassionate AI Empowering People

“A 100 percent government-sponsored free legal system is the heartbeat of true democracy.”
― Sri Amit Ray, Democracy Restructuring: Compassionate AI Empowering People

“Democracy cries as justice is locked behind the golden gates of financial barriers.”
― Sri Amit Ray, Democracy Restructuring: Compassionate AI Empowering People

“Financial barriers choke democracy's voice; a free legal system breaks the chains of injustice.”
― Sri Amit Ray, Democracy Restructuring: Compassionate AI Empowering People

“A government-funded free legal system bridges the gap between rich and poor, ensuring fairness in legal outcomes.”
― Sri Amit Ray, Democracy Restructuring: Compassionate AI Empowering People

“A fully government-funded legal system ensures that the marginalized and vulnerable are not left behind in seeking justice.”
― Sri Amit Ray, Democracy Restructuring: Compassionate AI Empowering People

“Outside the state structure there is just about as much fear of the courts as there is of income tax among our non-salaried class”
― Arun Shourie, Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences

“There is always an interpretation that favors you. You don’t deserve someone who sees the bad edition. Walk away. You deserve someone who sees the good edition. Keep those in your life.”
― Maria Karvouni, You Are Always Innocent

“The power of the bench stems from the fear of the bar on compromising the cause of its clientele.”
― BS Murthy

“Justice isn’t usually that fast and easy.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

“Cui bono? (who benefits?)”
― Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

“The rules are there to support and protect us”
― Uncredited

“At home, our land is posted against hunters and trappers, but that doesn't stop the jacklighters."

"The what?" Japheth asked.

Dennys tried to explain. "Hunters who shine a bright light in the eyes of the deer. It blinds them and they freeze and can't move, and then the hunters shoot. Jack-lighting is illegal, but that doesn't stop a lot of people."

"A lot?" Japheth asked.

Dennys stated, "A few can seem like a lot.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“To my family members, peers, and friends who lived through the chapters of my books with me and remained loyal through both the good and troubled times. It is only through loyalty, compassion, and cooperation that we do our best work for humanity.”
― Kelli Christina

“For every reader who finds a piece of themselves within these chapters, I hope I might inspire you to practice smarter business practices and strategies while supporting successful teams and operations for the future.”
― Kelli Christina, Riding The Executive Roller Coaster : Medical Staffing Cases

“My story begins in a hotel bar in a run-down seaside resort somewhere in Wales, where people felt strangely compelled to act in absurd ways to fulfil the roles they had been assigned. And this is exactly how it ends four years later, in a provincial County Court, complete with men wearing black cloaks and grey wigs.

Heap M (2000). A legal case of a man complaining of an extraordinary sexual disorder following stage hypnosis. Contemporary Hypnosis, 17, 143-149.”
― Michael Heap