Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.


When each citizen submits himself to the authority of law he does not thereby decrease his independence or freedom, but rather increases it. By recognizing that he is a part of a larger body which is banded together for a common purpose, he becomes more than an individual, he rises to a new dignity of citizenship. Instead of finding himself restricted and confined by rendering obedience to public law, he finds himself protected and defended and in the exercise of increased and increasing rights.
—Calvin Coolidge

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them—work, family, health, friends, and spirit - and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
—Brian Dyson, former CEO of Coca Cola

Laws discriminate.

Even the wisest amongst us does not know all the laws.

Many universal laws are not universal.

Some people get paid well to break laws, others get paid well to make laws, and still others pay dearly.

Even a law breaks a law. —Tuchy Palmieri

The Law is reason free from passion. —Aristotle

We have so many laws that even the most studious of lawyers do not know them and that’s no excuse.

The long arm of the law is shorter than the long arm of organized crime. –Tuchy Palmieri

How odd—in our country, people are free to lie, and it is not a criminal offence unless it’s done under oath in a court of law.

When a few break the law it is a crime. When many break it it’s not a law but a rule.

Not all laws are for all people. —Tuchy Palmieri

The law I enjoy breaking the most is Murphy’s Law.

Success comes when you take universal laws and make them personal.

Clark’s Second Law—the only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

Many laws are location and time dependent. —Tuchy Palmieri

 tuchy (C)  11/2/12