Law quotes

“Ignorance, in the sight of the law, is no excuse.”
Cecil Parker - Claude (a.k.a. 'Major Courtney')

“- Dr. Eve Saks: None of those drugs have been approved by the FDA.
- Ron Woodroof: Screw the FDA. I'm gonna be DOA.”
Jennifer Garner - Dr. Eve Saks
Matthew McConaughey - Ron Woodroof

“You only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang.”
Kurt Russell - John Ruth

“Things fall apart, especially all the neat order of rules and laws.”
Bob Dylan - Jack Fate

“They respect but one law - the law of fear. I expect you to carry out whatever orders I give, whenever I give them.”

Charles Laughton - Bligh

“I appreciate your concern for the dignity of the court 007. Unfortunately, the man is a tax-paying citizen and entitled by our constitution to try and manipulate the legal system like everybody else.”

Joe Spano - Judge Pincus

“- Ray: I found him.
- Claire: How did you find him?
- Ray: Online, 696,000 caucasian males in the US prison system. You can cycle through the entire population in a year if you look at 1,906 faces every night. So I did.
- Jess: For a year?
- Ray: For 13 years... Reopen that case!”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Ray Kasten
Nicole Kidman - Claire Sloane
Julia Roberts - Jessica Cobb

“- Earl Rose: We have laws here in Texas.
- Roy Kellerman: The law can be waived.”
Rory Cochrane - Earl Rose
Tom Welling - Roy Kellerman

“- Annie: So what are you hiding from the law or is it just a bad nose job?
- Penelope: Mhm, bad nose job.”
Reese Witherspoon - Annie
Christina Ricci - Penelope Wilhern

“Ten years ago, here in Liberty, we didn't have no lawyers and we got along fine. Man killed somebody, then somebody killed him, and the marshal shot 'em all and that was the end of it.”

Henry Hull - Maj. Rufus Cobb

“We are not animals, we are men. That is the foundation of law - you cannot win. Where are your courts? Your judges? And your juries? Until you bring them forward, I must forbid you my house.”

Morris Carnovsky - Sixtus Andresen

“Do you wanna know who was innocent? My high school sweetheart. Love of my life. Pregnant with my little boy. He's be about your age now if his mama hadn't got caught in the crossfire when two meth head freaks decided to rob a fucking convenience store. A world without those people in it... sure smells like peace to me. You break the law, you pay...” (continue)(continue reading)
Pedro Pascal - Whiskey

“- Jones the JP: I'm not sure how legal that is...
- Reverend Jones: Yes, or ethical...
- Morgan the Goat: Legal? Ethical? Wh - how legal was it to say that a thousand feet is a mountain and 984 isn't, uh? Uh? Do we call a short man a boy, or a small dog a cat? No! This is a mountain, our mountain, and if it needs to be a thousand feet, then by...” (continue)(continue reading)

David Lloyd Meredith - Jones the JP
Kenneth Griffith - Reverend Jones
Colm Meaney - Morgan the Goat

- Joseph Holt: Inter arma, silent leges. "In times of war, the law falls silent".
- Frederick Aiken: It shouldn't.
Danny Huston - Joseph Holt
James McAvoy - Frederick Aiken

“When they decide to destroy a man, they throw the book at him. An old trick, but one I see they've brought to new refinement. You dismiss the law while claiming to serve it. It makes those in power think they have nothing to fear. The just have always been an obstacle to politicians, and today more than ever!”
Gérard Depardieu - Danton

“We do not want to be law breakers. We want to be law makers. Be militant, each of you in your own way.”
Meryl Streep - Emmeline Pankhurst

“- Bill McCabe: Who wants the fucking government that's got to obey the law.
- Dennis McCabe: A lot of people do.
- Bill McCabe: Yeah, well that's why a lot of people aren't running this country.”
Robert John Burke - Bill McCabe
Bill Sage - Dennis McCabe

“Modern science tells us that people are, by nature, law breakers or law abiders. A wolf could wear sheep's clothing but he's still a wolf.”
Geoffrey Rush - Javert

“Until someone finds a way to stop 20 percent of America putting this shit up their nose, order is the best we can hope for.”
Josh Brolin - Matt Graver

“Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands.”
Kevin Spacey - D.A. Rufus Buckley

“Mr. Bowman, I wouldn't normally release someone with this type of infection. I need you to follow the rules here. Quarantine is eight weeks in. She's probably going to show more signs of aggression band hunger. When that happens, say your goodbyes and get her straight into quarantine.”
David A Cole - Doctor

“What is below, stays below. That is the Law.”
Doug Bradley - Dirk Lylesberg

“- Jane Greathouse: You used to make me hotter than a June bride sitting bareback on a depot stove but I don't share my bed with the law.
- Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett: And I don't keep with whores no more so ain't we both content.”
Jenny Wright - Jane Greathouse
William Petersen - Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett

“- Senator: Mr. Clenteen, exactly how many laws are we breaking here?
- Edgar Clenteen: You don't want to know.”
Victor A. Young - Senator
David Morse - Edgar Clenteen

“- Derek Vinyard: We, as society, grand cops a certain amount of authority to make those calls, because we acknowledge that their job is difficult and dangerous! Very few people respect that and respect that authority.
- Davina Vinyard: Look who's talking about respect here, Mr. Junior KKK.
- Derek Vinyard: What? I didn't say I respect the laws....” (continue)(continue reading)
Edward Norton - Derek Vinyard
Jennifer Lien - Davina Vinyard