Legal Influence Quotes

Education proceeds ultimately from the patterns furnished by institutions, customs, and laws.

The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.

The Founding Fathers didn’t intend for the lawyers to run this country

Christian Science has been enormously influential in our religious history, and the church is very powerful. It has won an extraordinary number of legal battles in this country. It has succeeded in passing a number of what are called 'religious exemption laws.'

The government of the United States is, and always has been, a lawyer's government.

Laws matter, but typically changing the law by itself accomplishes little.

Look at the history of civil laws in our world and the source from which they emerged, and you will see that the vast majority of them arose directly from, or where based in principle on, Roman Canon Law, or the laws of other religious origin. Sharia is another notable example.

Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?

Lawyers may reason powerfully, but power settles most issues.

Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it.

The manipulation of what's actually portrayed in the media, through the legal system, is pretty shocking, actually. You can see how someone you would never know can make a public figure look like a bad guy or a good guy just from the little information they let you know. My advice is to research everything. Don't just hide behind your Facebook posts. Research everything.

No judge writes on a wholly clean slate.

I cannot believe that a republic could subsist if the influence of the lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people.

Movies in Hollywood now, for the past 20 or 30 years, are made mainly by lawyers or agents.

Moral change still depends on the individual and not on the passage of any law.

I admit my view of the world is colored by my legal and business experiences at Liberty.

When it comes to my health, I would rather my doctor base her decisions on science rather than what she, or some lawyer, thinks will stand up in court.

It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

My mouth is no prayer book, but my view is, I'd view addiction to these substances as a medical problem and I would treat it accordingly. What little I know about the history of drug control policy in the United States leaves me thinking that a hugely important moment came when the lawyers win out over the doctors on this matter.

The fate of American companies often hinges on the power of American politicians, bureaucrats and judges.

Our federal resources, our U.S. marshals, and the federal court system are being used, I think, by the private sector.