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r profession [the law] as one of the obstacles to national reform....Lord Hailsham我不禁說(shuō),我把我的專業(yè)(法律)作為國(guó)家改革的阻力之一?!K孤鼊拙鬞he laws I love, the lawyers I suspect....Charles Churchill我熱愛(ài)法律,但我懷疑律師?!闋査骨窦獱朙aws for the regulation of trade should be most carefully scanned. That which hampers, limits, cripples and retards must be done away with....Elbert Hubbard調(diào)節(jié)貿(mào)易的法律應(yīng)該經(jīng)過(guò)最仔細(xì)的檢查,對(duì)于那些妨礙、限制、削弱及延遲其發(fā)展的規(guī)定必須廢除?!柌毓翵udgement: Good judgement es from experience。 and experience well, that es from bad judgement. ...Anon判決:好的判決來(lái)自于經(jīng)驗(yàn);而經(jīng)驗(yàn)又來(lái)自于壞的判決。——AnonThe most enlightened judicial policy is to let people manage their own business in their own way....Oliver Wendell Holmes最開(kāi)明的司法政策是讓人民用自己的方法管理自己的事?!獖W利弗溫德?tīng)柣裟匪笽t is when merchants dispute about their own rules that they invoke the law....Judge Brett商人們?yōu)樗麄冏杂喌男幸?guī)爭(zhēng)執(zhí)不下時(shí),通常他們會(huì)引用法律?!祭滋胤ü賅hen I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool....Sydney Smith 當(dāng)我聽(tīng)人談?wù)摬豢勺兏姆〞r(shí),唯一的印象是使我確信他是一個(gè)不折不扣的白癡。——悉尼史密斯Every law has its loophole....Anonymous任何法律都有漏洞。——佚名The language of laws should be simple。 directness is always better than elaboratewording....Montesquieu法律語(yǔ)言應(yīng)該簡(jiǎn)單;直接好過(guò)繁雜的措詞。——孟德斯鳩We dedicated ourselves to a powerful idea organic law rather than naked power. There seems to be universal acceptance of that idea in the nation. ...Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart 我們致力于一個(gè)強(qiáng)有力的觀念——有組織的法律勝于無(wú)保護(hù)的權(quán)力。這個(gè)觀念看起來(lái)在全國(guó)普遍接受。——最高法院波特斯圖爾特法官The law, as manipulated by clever and highly respected rascals, still remains the best avenue for a career of honorable and leisurely plunder. ...Gabriel Chevallier法律由一群聰明且受人尊敬的混蛋操控,仍然是他們進(jìn)行榮耀且從容地?fù)尳俚淖罴淹緩?。——加百利舍瓦萊Justice, though due to the accused, is due to the accuser too. ...Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo公平(的產(chǎn)生)雖然應(yīng)歸于被告,也應(yīng)歸于原告。——本杰明N卡多索法官When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers … we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations. ...Alexander 當(dāng)我們既不懲處也不責(zé)備經(jīng)常為惡者時(shí),…… 我們將從新一代開(kāi)始撕裂公正的基礎(chǔ)?!獊啔v山大Reason is the life of the law。 nay, the mon law itself is nothing else but reason. ...Coke推論是法律的生命;而且,習(xí)慣法本身除了推論以外并沒(méi)什么東西?!瓶薚here are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy....Ambrose Bierce殺人分為四種:罪大惡極的、情有可原的、有正當(dāng)理由的和值得稱頌的?!膊剂_斯比爾斯Every law is an evil for every law is an infraction of liberty....J. Bentham所有的法律都是邪惡的,因?yàn)樗鼈兌记趾θ藗兊淖杂??!狫本杰明Justice is incidental to law and order....J. Edgar Hoover公平是伴隨著法律和法令而來(lái)的?!狫埃德加胡佛The great object of the law is to encourage merce. ...Judge Chambre 法律的主要目標(biāo)是鼓勵(lì)商業(yè)發(fā)展?!狢hambre法官Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment. ...Donald Rumsfeld聽(tīng)取兩方的意見(jiàn)并不一定能作出正確的判決。——唐納德拉姆斯菲爾德Lawyers cannot remain empty of head and pure of heart.... A lawyer has a duty to investigate or take some steps to inform himself in a situation where he believes that there is client perjury....Barry S. Alberts律師們不能保證自己的純潔……他有義務(wù)研究或采取步驟使自己相信客戶所講的一切甚至偽證?!屠颯艾伯特斯The law, as manipulated by clever and highly respected rascals, still remains the best avenue for a career of honorable and leisurely plunder. ...Gabriel Chevallier法律由聰明的且受人尊敬的混蛋所控制,它仍然是取得可以從容掠奪的榮耀事業(yè)的最佳途徑?!影倭兄x瓦列Perhaps the adage that hard cases make bad law should be revised to cover easy cases....Justice John Paul Stevens也許諺語(yǔ)“難辦的案件引出壞法律”應(yīng)修改為簡(jiǎn)單案件同時(shí)適用?!s翰保羅史蒂文斯萬(wàn)事如意官When there are too many policeman, there can be no liberty。 when there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace。 when there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.Lin Yutang警察過(guò)多,可能會(huì)失去自由;戰(zhàn)士過(guò)多,可能會(huì)失去和平;律師過(guò)多可能會(huì)失去公正。——林語(yǔ)堂Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and monplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it....Sir Arthur Conan Doyle奇特幾乎總能提供一種線索。一種犯罪越是普通,越是不具特點(diǎn),就越難以查明。——柯南道爾爵士Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondly on institutions such as courts of justice and police....Einstein人類一切和平合作的基礎(chǔ)首先是相互信任, 其次才是法庭和警察一類的機(jī)構(gòu)。 ——愛(ài)因斯坦If we only had some God in the country39。s laws, instead of beng in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would be better all around....Mark Twain如果我們國(guó)家的法律中只有某種神靈,而不是殫精竭慮將神靈揉進(jìn)憲法,總體上來(lái)說(shuō),法律就會(huì)更好。——馬克吐溫Pubic officers are the servats and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made....Cleveland政府官員是人民的公仆和代理人,應(yīng)執(zhí)行人民制定的法律。——克利夫蘭I will not accept if nominated , and will serve if selected....William Sherman如果被任命,我不愿接受, 但是如果被選上,將效力?!x爾曼Lawyers as a group are no more dedicated to justice or public service than a private public utility is dedicated to giving light. ...David Melinkoff作為一個(gè)團(tuán)體,律師無(wú)法象私營(yíng)公用事業(yè)公司專門(mén)提供公共服務(wù)一樣致力于司法與公共服務(wù)?!笮l(wèi)麥林科夫An inpetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A petent attorney can delay one even longer. ...Evelle J. Younger一個(gè)不合格的律師可以把審判拖上幾個(gè)月或幾年;而合格的律師甚至可以拖更長(zhǎng)。——伊夫林J揚(yáng)格Really, what we want now, is not laws, against crime, but a law a gainst insaity....Mark Twain實(shí)際上,我們想要的不是針對(duì)犯罪的法律,而是針對(duì)瘋狂的法律?!R克吐溫Law can nerver be enforced unless fear supports it....Sophocles如果法律沒(méi)有恐懼支撐,它絕不能生效?!鞲?死账筎he laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them , since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them....Mark Twain自然法即神靈法,只是用來(lái)約束每一個(gè)個(gè)體的法律,我們必須堅(jiān)定地拒絕遵守。我們應(yīng)該堅(jiān)定地遵守忽視神靈法的規(guī)章制度,因?yàn)橐?guī)章制度賦予我們和平、比較好的政府和穩(wěn)定,因而對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō),規(guī)章制度比神靈法更好,因?yàn)槿绻覀儾捎蒙耢`法的話,他會(huì)將我們陷入迷惑、無(wú)序和無(wú)政府狀態(tài)?!R克吐溫The law cannot make all men equal, but they are all equal before the law....Frederick Pollck法律不能使人人平等,但是在法律面前人人是平等的?!ダ椎吕锟瞬蹇薕ne