Legal Duty Quotes

My responsibility is to follow the law.

The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves

Jury service is a duty as well as a privilege of citizenship; it is a duty that cannot be shirked on a plea of inconvenience or decreased earning power.

Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced.

A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

The job of a justice is justice.

Courts cannot refuse to hear a case on the merits merely because they would prefer not to.

I don’t like the death penalty but it was the law in Ohio. Therefore as a prosecutor I sought the death penalty and as a judge I imposed the death penalty. It was the law and you have to obey the law.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.

When officers' actions violate their duty, justice should be served in accordance with our legal system.

If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

Law officials put their lives on the line every single day for us, and I think we also owe them a degree of respect.

By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties.

As attorney general, I don't get to pick and choose the laws I like and don't like.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

'It is my duty to warn you that it will be used against you,' cried the Inspector, with the magnificent fair play of the British criminal law.

I have no hesitation in applying a law regardless of what I might think about it.

No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned and inscribed for the benefit of every human being subject to our Constitution - of whatever race, creed or persuasion.

I think lawyers have a fidelity to the system itself that's always got to be with them, and indeed, most of the defense lawyers I know observe that.

Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law - end of story.

Under the common law, one of the more controversial rules is the 'no duty to rescue rule' that says that, if you were not responsible for placing someone in danger or risk, you have no obligation to help them, even when it would cost little to save their life.

Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law.

The legal profession is overrun with money-makers, who regard it only as a business by which money is made, with little or no thought of the quality of the means used. We greatly need many more lawyers who regard the profession as a ministry in the temple of Justice.

All I've done is my job, and I intend to continue doing it. And I'm not especially worried about the criticism that comes from the bench.