Legal Paradox Quotes

The apology, that is constantly put forth for the injustice of government, viz., that a man must consent to give up some of his rights, in order to have his other rights protected - involves a palpable absurdity, both legally and politically.

All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.

The law protects nothing in that very respect, in which it is, at the same time, in the eye of the law, a crime.

Murder is illegal, but if you take a picture of it you may get your name in a magazine or maybe win a Pulitzer Prize. However, sex is legal, but if you take a picture of that act, you can go to jail.

There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.

Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime? If it is not, why make laws for its punishment? And if it is, by what barbarous logic do you, to punish it, duplicate it by another crime?

It is surely only a matter of time before some federal judge finds the Constitution unconstitutional.

To talk about justice in the justice system is an oxymoron.