Law quotes

“We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law.”
Paul Newman - Frank Galvin

“If he decides to fight an eviction, you're already knee-deep in shit.”

Guy Boyd - Warning Cop

“- Javert: Monsieur, a grave violation of the public trust has been committed. An inferior has shown a complete lack of respect for the law. He must be exposed and punished.
- Valjean: Who is the offender?
- Javert: I am. I slandered you Monsieur Le Maire, I'm here to ask that you demand my dismissal.”
Geoffrey Rush - Javert
Liam Neeson - Valjean

“If we're gonna spend tax dollars, our tax dollars, to help people break the law in a safer way, why don't we have a designated drunk-driver lane on the highway too?”
Andrew Garfield - Todd Hayes

“I put evil men behind bars, but the law has miles of red tape and loopholes for these cocksuckers to slip through.”

Willem Dafoe - Paul Smecker

“The law. Nothing is right or wrong! It's either the law or it's not the law. Well, we got a problem here, because it's not working anymore. It turns out that right and wrong count.”
Michael Douglas - Superior Court Judge Steven R. Hardin

“- Bill Kincaid: Some have dared to suggest that even poetry has rules.
- Janet: Or you make your own.
- Bill Kincaid: Right there, that's the part I never bought into.
- Janet: Because?
- Bill Kincaid: If everybody runs around making their own rules, how can you ever find what's true? There's nothing... there's nothing to rely on.”
Edward Norton - Bill Kincaid
Keri Russell - Janet

“- Robert Doob: What are you gonna do? Shoot me?
- Karen McCann: You broke into my house with the intent to do me bodily harm. The law says I have the right to protect myself.”
Kiefer Sutherland - Robert Doob
Sally Field - Karen McCann

“- Abby Taylor: Do you have anything to say on the matter of your assault on Mr. Genest?
- Jesse Stone: The restraining order wasn't working. Think of me as implementing it.”
Polly Shannon - Abby Taylor
Tom Selleck - Jesse Stone

“What kind of a place is this where you almost mean what you say? Where laws almost work? How can you live like that?”
Djimon Hounsou - Cinque

“Gun control is for wimps and commies. Listen, let's get one thing straight. Guns don't kill people. I do.”
Ivan Green - Earl Ramsey

“I lived outside the law, but only outlaws didn't judge me.”
Robert De Niro - Fred Blake

“- Night Slasher: The court is civilized, isn't it pig?
- Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti: But I'm not. This is where the law stops and I start, sucker!”
Brian Thompson - Night Slasher
Sylvester Stallone - Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti

“I may not know much of law Mr. Felder, but I know what's right and what's wrong. And I know what you're asking is wrong.”

Henry Fonda - Abraham Lincoln

Maybe there's a universal law that says "Stay put. As you are, so shall you remain". Maybe that's why tramps are always in trouble. They don't vote. They don't pay taxes. They violate the law of nature...

Joel McCrea - John L. Sullivan

“- Lily: It's the law, right? The man explained everything to me. Anything that falls from the sky belongs to the law, alright.
- Micky: I don't see them coming around here to claim all the rain and the pollution.”

Brenda Fricker - Lily
Ian Costello - Micky

“- Martin Rose: For the next bit, you tell me that uhm... the law needs men of integrity.
- Claudia Simmons-Howe: Yeah, it does. But that doesn't mean that there's also a place for someone like you.”
Eric Bana - Martin Rose
Rebecca Hall - Claudia Simmons-Howe

“It seems that in the court of law there's no way to prove the effectiveness of prayer.”
Frankie Faison - Richard 'Dick' Lacey

“- Rankin Fitch: You don't have much faith in the Law!
- Nicholas Easter: I'm agnostic.”
Gene Hackman - Rankin Fitch
John Cusack - Nicholas Easter

“It's a pity the law doesn't allow me to be merciful.”
Geoffrey Rush - Javert

“I finally said fuck it, I'll take the law into my own hands, so I broke into the peado's house at four in the morning and I smashed his bollocks with a baseball bat until they fucking popped.”

Paddy Considine - Nash

“You have no documentation. No ID. Your badge isn't visible. And you accidentally grazed my boob when you tried to walk past me. I could put you away for a year!”
Amy Poehler - Cricket Feldstein

“I don't know much about the law. Ain't had much book learning. But the good Lord gave me a nose for smelling a horse thief a mile off. And what you need in these parts is a marshal that's better at smelling than spelling.”

John Wayne - Bob Seton

“I use the law allowing for the seizure of property in a war knowing it applies only to the property of governments and citizens of belligerent nations. But the South ain't a nation, that's why I can't negotiate with'em.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Abraham Lincoln

“- Inspector Gadget: I'm Officer John Brown, and you're exceeding the speed limit.
- Gadgetmobile: Speed limits are for cars, not the Gadgetmobile.
- Inspector Gadget: Are you... Are you talking to me?
- Gadgetmobile: Speaking of breaking the law, who's not wearing a seat belt? You gotta wear the belt, baby. It's a Disney movie.”
Matthew Broderick - Inspector Gadget
D.L. Hughley - Gadgetmobile