Respect for the Law Quotes

I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that.

Fairness is what justice really is.

At the age of 18, I went to West Point, and I swore an oath to defend this Constitution, and I embraced a motto called duty and honor and country. And I've lived my life in accordance with those values ever since then.

I have great faith that most Americans are law-abiding and care about the rule of law, and if they're told a weapon is no longer allowed in their community and they would be compensated, they would find a way to do the right thing.

I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York.

The execution of the laws is more important than the making them.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.

Because, when it comes to restoring the rule of law, I can't change my mind and I won't change the subject.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

If I was Judge Del Rosario, I would say Ili, of all people, you know better.

Legal behavior is not incompatible with rational, self-interested behavior.

I'm a law-and-order girl: I like people who do the right thing.

When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognised. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before.

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

Before people break the law, they need strong families - adult authority figures and the love of the family. When they step over the line, I'm a Tory. I believe in tough responses, in the law coming down on people like a ton of bricks.

In Canada, things are very honest.

I would make sure that the values that I would be enforcing if I were a judge are not just my values.

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

Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president.

The vast majority of young people in Britain are law-abiding citizens making important contributions to their communities.

Nobody is allowed to break the law.

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.

My job is to enforce the law, without fear or favor.

I don't do things that are illegal.