David Mamet Quotes

At the end of the day, the law is the same for the Prime Minister or a common man of India.

No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice.

The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.

Justice is incidental to law and order

Equal justice means that there is not one set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

A just system must generate its own support.

Justice is that system of adjusting conflicting interests which makes the group strong and progressive rather than weak and retrogressive whereas injustice is a system of adjusting conflicting interests which makes a nation weak and retrogressive rather than strong and progressive.

The rule of law doesn't mean the police are in charge, but that we all answer to the same laws.

Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice.

If the law doesn't apply equally to everybody, then you don't really have a system of law.

A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.

When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court.

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.

My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do not have a system of justice that people believe in, the system of democracy will fail.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.

More law, less justice.

The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law

The spirit, the intent, the purpose of our Constitution is to secure equal and exact justice for all men.

It is time for our government leaders to respect the law no less than our humblest citizen, so that we can end the double standard of justice in America.