Sergei Lavrov Quotes

The law is bigger than money - but only if the law works hard enough.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

There's no excuse for breaking the law.

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

The press will commonly reflect (or even try to create) the view that the end justifies the means. Those of us dedicated to the law must stand before these gales.

If laws are going to work in this country, there has to be some finality.

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.

Equal justice under the law, even if it's your mother. That was a point of admiration in our household. It was drilled into me.

If you love the rule of law, you must love it in all of its applications. You cannot only love it when it provides the verdict you seek; you must love it when the verdict goes against you as well.

As people, we have to take the law's side. We have to stand behind the police, not behind the criminal.

We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.

In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things.

Let's not interfere with justice... Let's let justice speak.

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.

To be clear... no one is above the law.

The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in.

I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours on the job - when they realise that there's no connection between law and justice.