Obeying the Law Quotes

The speed limit on most of Maui's highways is forty miles per hour, but my mother never went above thirty.

Whatever the rules are, we have to follow them. I have no problem with it.

If I see a police officer behind me, and I can pull over into, like, a shopping center or something, I do it.

We're not lawbreakers, we're law-abiding, and intend to stay that way.

[T]he guilty as well as the innocent are entitled to due process of law. They are entitled to a fair trial. They are entitled to counsel. They are entitled to fair treatment from the police. The law enforcement officer has the same duty as the citizen-indeed, he has a higher duty-to abide by the letter and spirit of our Constitution and laws. You yourselves must be careful to obey the letter of the law. You yourselves must be intellectually honest in the enforcement of the law.

No matter who you are or what you intend to do, you should not exceed the boundaries of the rule of law.

I don't do things that are illegal.

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will be the people who broke the law for freedom who will be remembered and honoured.

I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles!

He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he also who is grieved or angry or afraid, is dissatisfied because something has been or is or shall be of the things which are appointed by Him who rules all things, and He is Law, and assigns to every man what is fit. He then who fears or is grieved or is angry is a runaway.

If you are going to stand for the rule of law, if you are going to raise your hand and support the constitution, then you need to follow the law.

I am pathetically law-abiding.

I'm a law-abiding man. That is, if there's any law to abide by.

When I get stopped by the police, I keep my hands on the wheel. I'm not going to move.