Legality Quotes

“So many times the debate of abortion turns to legality. The issue is not legality, the issue is morality. Have you not forgotten? It was legal for Adolf Hitler to place all of those men, women, and children in concentration camps and murder them. Abortion should never be an issue of legality, it is most definitely an issue of morality.”

“It is more informative how we treat things with no defined legal rights, than how we treat things with legal rights.”

“You can't learn everything you need to know legally.”

“I passionately love liberty, legality, respect for rights, but not democracy. That is what I find in the depth of my soul.”

“Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal.”

“Morality and legality have nothing to do with one another. I'm more than fine with breaking a law if it disagrees with my values and morals.”

“The Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is a forum of legal fad and fashion.”

“Liberty is not something a government gives you. It is a right that no government can legally take away.”

“Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.”

“Guantánamo Bay's motto: 'Safe, humane, legal, transparent detention.' Four adjectives describing one sick joke.”