Legality quotes

“In this system, our system, the slaves are unaware, both of their status and of their masters, who exist in a world apart, and where the shackles are hidden amidst reams of unreachable legalese. It is a result of massive, pervasive corruption of the legal profession. When it takes a whistle blower to sound the alarm, it is cause for even greater...” (continue)(continue reading)
Meryl Streep - Ellen Martin

“I don't understand why prostitution is illegal. Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal? You know, why should it be illegal to sell something that's perfectly legal to give away? I can't follow the logic on that one at all! Of all the things you can do, giving someone an orgasm is hardly the worst thing in the world....” (continue)(continue reading)
George Carlin

“Justice delivered without dispassion is always in danger of not being justice.”
Tim Roth - Oswaldo Mobray

“I used to be legit. I was too legit to quit. But now I'm not legit. I'm unlegit. And for that reason, I must quit.”
Andy Samberg - Rod Kimble

“- Nina Romina: How much of this can we show?
- Linda: You mean, legally?
- Nina Romina: No, morally; of course, legally.”
Rene Russo - Nina Romina
Ann Cusack - Linda

“Is that play legal?”

Patrick LaBrecque - George

“- 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

“- Jennifer: I thought people like you didn't believe in the legal process.
- Frank White: I thought people like me were the legal process.”
Janet Julian - Jennifer
Christopher Walken - Frank White

“- Aaron Levinsky: Mrs. Draper, could you tell me your understanding of the legal concept of justifiable force?
- Claudia Draper: That's when someone's beating your brains out the back of your head, you're allowed to stop them any way you can.”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Aaron Levinsky
Barbra Streisand - Claudia Draper

“- Julian Marty: I got a job for you.
- Private Detective Loren Visser: Uh, well, if the pay's right, and it's legal, I'll do it.
- Julian Marty: It's not strictly legal.
- Private Detective Loren Visser: Well, if the pay's right, I'll do it.”
Dan Hedaya - Julian Marty
M. Emmet Walsh - Private Detective Loren Visser

“Of all the serial killers that I've interviewed and studied none of them were legally insane. That's not to say they were normal.”
Al Pacino - Jack Gramm

“- Henry Lowndes: Vicky, as your legal husband, I'm asking you to order this cad out of the house.
- Bill Cardew: As her legal husband, I'm asking you to shut your mouth before I slit your throat.”
Melvyn Douglas - Henry Lowndes
Fred MacMurray - Bill Cardew

Someone reminded me I once said "Greed is good". Now it seems it's legal. Because everyone is drinking the same Kool Aid.
Michael Douglas - Gordon Gekko

“I'm sorry, your honor, but what would you call it, legally, when the officer who arrested you was having sexual intercourse with your wife? You know, I think it's objectionable.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Ted Crawford

“That insanity is a legal concept. It's not a medical or psychiatric term, but despite the fact that insanity's a legal concept, it doesn't mean that someone's not sick.”
Leelee Sobieski - Lauren Douglas

“We can't have people go around leaking stuff for their own reasons. It ain't legal. And worse than that, by God it ain't right.”
Wilford Brimley - Wells

“- Klaus: This is ridiculous! Violet's only 14! She can't be legally married!
- Count Olaf: She can if she has the permission of her guardian. And who's that? Oh, yes. Me!”
Liam Aiken - Klaus
Jim Carrey - Count Olaf

“Drugs. Changed. Everything. Always remember that one day all this drug monkey business will all be legal.”
Daniel Craig - XXXX

“We have developed a legal concept in this country. It's called presumption of innocence.”
Robert Redford - Tom Logan

“- Michelle Genest: You said stuff was legal or illegal. Well, what about it being right or wrong?
- Jesse Stone: I'm not in the right and wrong business. I'm in the legal and illegal business.”
Britt Robertson - Michelle Genest
Tom Selleck - Jesse Stone

“- Lilly Dillon: I was hoping we could play it straight with one another.
- Roy Dillon: I guess not.
- Lilly Dillon: I guess you won't be getting a straight job, either.
- Roy Dillon: Not this week.
- Lilly Dillon: Not ever.”
Anjelica Huston - Lilly Dillon
John Cusack - Roy Dillon

“- Jack Frye: You want me to bribe senators?
- Howard Hughes: I don't want them bribed, Jack. I want it done legally. I want them bought.”
Danny Huston - Jack Frye
Leonardo DiCaprio - Howard Hughes

“We're not runnin' from the law. We're runnin' to the law.”
James Garner - Zack

“The $200 billion drug problem in this country could disappear overnight. Legalize the damn stuff. Do it today, right after this message. I'm Barry Champlaign. This is Night Talk. We're gonna go to a message. I'll be right back after I shoot up.”
Eric Bogosian - Barry

“- Joe Hallenbeck: Ratings are down. So you're gonna bribe some senators to legalize gambling.
- Sheldon Marcone: Legalize sports gambling. You see, with all the heroes gone, legalized gambling is about the only thing that'll save the beast.”
Bruce Willis - Joe Hallenbeck
Noble Willingham - Sheldon Marcone