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I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another.

Thomas Jefferson

I offered to do the legal work on that contract. The authority declined to have us do the work for them for free. So the first time I saw the contract it was a done deal.

Bryan Brown

We're waiting to conclude our investigation and considering what legal recourse may be appropriate.

Justin Harmon

What we're finding is there's a lot of demand for financial services, legal and accounting.

Norbert Boes

If we put $50,000 in an account for legal fees, then $50,000 will be gone. I think we need to hear the whole story.

Michael Buckley

(Harper?s run) would have been a great thing if it was fully legal. It wasn?t, but the kids kept their heads up and they kept fighting. It?s just a matter of being consistent and pushing and believing in themselves.

Charles Cole

Candies are not legal tender and cannot be deposited anywhere. Again, a customer must be asked if it is OK to give a candy because of short change.

Dorothy Campbell

We do not think they (the British government) are doing enough. All the government would say is that they were not prepared to respond to our legal argument.

Louise Christian

We give neither legal nor moral recognition to same-sex marriages.

Ruben Trapenberg

I can't comment because we're in legal proceedings.

Anne Hendricks

The immediate legal issue is our Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Rebecca Steele

He is entitled to a protection of his legal rights and a protection of his reputation.

Pat Rogers

There does not appear, in our view, to be any legal basis in the Belarus constitution for the action that President Lukashenko has been taking.

Glyn Davies

We have to be very aggressive, to go to the limit of what's legal.

Michael Ballack

I'd rather it be settled law. I'm not interested in being on the leading edge of legal issues.

Jerry Goldstein

We're going to have to consult with the attorney general and our legal staff to see where we'll take it from this point.

Jim Hurley

Farming with live animals is a 7 day a week, legal form of slavery.

George Segal

I did not have a sober, straight, legal day from 1974 to 1994. Not one.

Doug Ferrari

The arms industry, both legal and illegal, is probably the biggest business in the world.

Paul Beaver

The legal issues have been resolved.

Henry Hyde

Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

If they're not happy with this new bill, then they need to become a legal citizen in my opinion. That is, learn our history, learn our government, learn our language and constitution and the American creed.

Scott Russell

RIM (is) freeing themselves of all these contingent, legal liabilities and this black cloud that has been overhanging the stock.

John Bucher

The legal crossing-- the Belmont Bridge--.

James Ford

I check my speed and make sure I'm in my lane. I just make sure that everything I do is legal.

Donald Robinson

If the turnover of judges continues legal experts will begin to question the stability of the court.

Miranda Sissons

I'm really happy about it. This legal team has worked really hard.

Vernell Spring Lundberg

It seems that THC is creating a historic district without following one legal guideline. It's very, very frustrating.

Judge Val Beard

We don't care if they're legal or here illegally. If they meet the poverty standard we will see them.

Luz Euribe

It's all intended to do the same thing, which is to do away with safe and legal abortions.

Cheryl Sabel

The council felt it was important because of the public vote that every legal means should be exhausted. Now that the courts have made the decision, we'll have to follow it.

City Manager Carlos Palacios

There is very little other justification for him to go before the grand jury now, unless he feels the need to re-explain something to them so they don't do something that puts him in legal jeopardy.

Andrew Napolitano

We certainly are disappointed that the execution was not carried out because he is very deserving of it based on the offense. This legal claim is a fairly new legal claim, and the courts are going to have to resolve it.

Roe Wilson

The tests have all abided by legal process and technical standards.

Fang Xiangdong

The legal status of the territories could not be more beside the point.

Henry Siegman

They're going to try to prove that all the transactions were legal.

Jamie Wareham

Eventually, every political question becomes a legal question.

Lawrence M. Otter

The quicksilver of creativity will not be solidified by legal pronouncement; it will necessarily flow into new and sometimes frightening fields.

Matthew Tobriner

The absence of legal PE fund has undoubtedly hindered the development of VC industry in China.

Cheng Siwei

By an overwhelming percentage, legal immigrants don't have bad feelings toward the undocumented.

Sergio Bendixen

We have ample legal strategies to address these things, at least locally.

Al Gerhardstein

There is no legal base whatsoever to go to the security council. If it is, it is by political choosing and it will be a big mistake.

Sirus Nasseri

To file a suit in the court is very expensive. Poor people cannot pay. We can give them free legal aid and help the poor people.

Father Thomas

Mr. Greenberg continues to deny the allegations made against him, and he and his legal team are preparing to vigorously defend the allegations.

Howard Opinsky

U.S. Rep. Burgess only accepts contributions from legal sources.

Michelle Stein

Our lawyers say a strike is legal and we will strike if United breaks the law.

Dawn Deeks

If it is legal, we will do it, but we draw the line at nudity or topless.

Brad Saltzman

They have both had great careers and are known for being very honest. They made the right decision in not being legal advisers because they felt there was conflict of interest.

Jerry Sanders

We can't get into legal interpretations or discussion with the media at this time. That would be inappropriate.

Byron Miller

Growth in the illegal marketplace is just minimal in comparison [to the legal marketplace]. And I think what that indicates is that our efforts have helped.

Jenni Engebretsen

It's all a legal strategy. This is all legal back and filling...It's a 'full-price' as we say in the banking business.

Porter Bibb

We couldn't believe it. To be honest, the experience knocked our confidence and set us back, as we lost a few hundred pounds in legal and survey fees.

Graham Cudbertson

We have found ... that they tend to wait until they have sought legal counsel or financial counsel.

Jim Haynes

It's a great relief to have Judy out of legal jeopardy.

Bill Keller

That one fact is why people are not coming through legal channels.

Cecilia Munoz

Unfortunately, ... young people who have been subpoenaed but will never be charged have run up legal bills. Frankly, they're the ones being hurt by this.

Bill Stone

That legal expertise and our collective bargaining experience sets us apart from anything else.

Corey Caldwell

It's good because we can 'join the battle with lighter backpacks' now and finally we don't have to feed some crook taking advantage from us under the pretence of a legal tax.

Ma Peilai

We're hoping it's resolved prior to having to result in any legal action.

Michelle Miller

There was no contract. It's very common not to have a piece of paper. It's not imprudent, though. We had a deal. Our deal was first, and it was legal and binding.

Ruth Vitale

The cards don't give them access to any services. It doesn't make them any more legal. In the event that something tragic happens, the cards help to identify the person. It's a way to connect families who are countries apart.

Rosa Caskey

We consider this a very serious breach, and we're conducting an internal investigation. Legal action - including referral to law enforcement authorities - will be considered based on the findings of our internal review.

Claudia Baucus

Because this is a legal matter that is now in the courts, the administration has no further comment until it is resolved in the courts.

David Donnelly

We disagreed at trial on factual and legal matters, ... Nothing dramatically changed our position on those issues.

Michael Burke

MTOTSA, their idea of compromise is you walk away and deal with whatever legal problems you have from breeching the contract.

Adam Schneider

We believe it is important to have the court of appeals review the decision. Hopefully, that review will clarify the legal nature of the band's relationship with the state.

Attorney General Steven Rowe

We had legal and ethical obligations to do what we did, ... The prosecution's job is to do justice.

Dave Young

That the process was legal.

Jim Black

We have to rub shoulders with other lawyers across the globe to know how they deal with vast legal issues.

Tom Ojienda

Get high on grass - the legal kind.

Johnny Knoxville

These legal principles apply with equal force in this case.

Justice Joyce Kennard

There is no legal issue here.

Colin Mcclelland

There are more than enough legal drinking age adults out there for us to sell our alcohol to. We don't need kids drinking it frankly.

Joe Luppino

Radically extended legal precedents set during conventional wars.

Neal Katyal

Some of the legal decisions have kind of handcuffed us, because we can see some of the people are deteriorating, but we don't have the right to intervene.

Richard Dyer

It's an immense homage to the disappeared of Chile and Argentina. From a legal point of view, it's a landmark decision.

Carlos Slepoy

There is no legal requirement of any public disclosure of a justice's health. And justices are very cagey and very limited in what they disclose.

Jeffrey Toobin

One has to understand the reality of why the fund was set up. It was not an act of compassion. It was an act of legal necessity because they curtailed our right to sue the airlines.

Charles Wolf

In general I think she's an admirable person, but I don't think she's shown that she's one of the better legal minds in the country.

Stuart Taylor

The governor welcomes supporters from all backgrounds. This contribution was made by an adult and is perfectly legal.

Julie Soderlund

The Akaka bill would be devastating to Hawaii, but it is also dangerous for the rest of America. That's because the bill breaks new legal ground with a theory of the Constitution that would speed up the balkanization of our nation.

Ken Conklin

There is a need for dissemination of general legal information, which is something a community law centre can assist with significantly.

Colin Smith

Real estate, legal deals, ... It was the crucible of Fort Myers.

William Hanson

He said he wants students to know that if you do this, you're going to be charged. The police chief has just concluded that they did this. He doesn't have the legal or moral authority.

Brian Wolk

There's no more fundamentally acknowledged legal norm than barring the execution of children.

Walter Long

I thought this was an attack on the rule of law, and there should be a legal response.

Justice Anthony Kennedy

It's a lot easier to go after our small business than the government. After all, it's legal to buy cigarettes (in our establishments), but then we can't smoke them?

Charlie Thomas

The F.E.C.'s claims and legal theories are a bizarre interpretation of the club's mission, the Constitution, the laws adopted by Congress and their own regulations.

Pat Toomey

There is no area of the law that doesn't get expanded and deepened once you step out of the U.S.. It's great for the legal community.

David Stanley

When I was 20, I voted for Gore. When I am 24, I will vote for Kerry. If it was legal, I would have voted for Clinton when I was 16.

Bill Kelly

There's a very fine line between what is considered legal and ethical and legitimate, and [what constitutes] bribery.

Randall Eliason

Only about 15 to 20 percent are of legal drinking age.

Colin Riley

We continue to be confident about our legal position. We think the law is very much on our side in all the major issues of this case.

William Neukom

We are certainly concerned about this one. There are enormous legal pitfalls.

Judith Schaeffer

This is not a debate about immigrant rights. America being a land of immigrants will never, ever take away the rights of legal immigrants in our country or in our state. Never.

Bill Montgomery

I don't think it's so much a legal issue as a practical issue. In practicality, I don't think it would work.

Jon Preiksat

[There] is an increasing sense of what can be called "legal pollution."

Thomas Ehrlich

Every court which has ever addressed the issue has held that there is no legal right to smoke, regardless of the location.

John Banzhaf

[It is] merely a $15 item to file to get back in good standing, ... It has absolutely no legal significance.

Joe Evans

The attempts are detected all the time and I want to take legal action against the hackers.

Prateep Chankong

We are very confident we have the legal right to strike.

Will Holman

You really have no legal basis to reject this project.

Stephen Needles

Not only do the companies avoid costly legal fees going forward, but each gains access to new technologies that provide financial benefits.

Frank Mitsch

Nicole grew up in extreme circumstances, but she couldn't get past the legal test for a downward departure.

Gary W. Adair

The challenge for Legal will be to provide items that are not as familiar, but at the same quality level they have for their seafood.

Tom Miner

Everybody believes he did it for money. This guy doesn't give two hoots about our legal system.

Nick Qayyum

It is a complex legal matter. I don't have any information with regard how the department will respond to the warrants.

Barry Venable

It is a political defeat for the king. The forthcoming election may be legal but it will have no political legitimacy.

Rajendra Dahal

Some people do consider it inhumane. As far as we can tell, it's not legal.

Jerome A. Jackson

We do not believe that ALPA has the legal right to strike if the bankruptcy court judge allows the airline to abrogate its current contract.

Northwest Airlines

It presents an entirely new set of legal issues.

Hank Bounds

We are also seeking the declaratory judgment to set aside any concerns regarding any legal matters that could potentially interrupt our future business.

Pete Wehrly

We will comply with the consent decree because it is the legal thing to do. We will increase the participation of women, African Americans, Latinos and Hispanics in our graduate assistance programs because it is the right thing to do.

Glenn Poshard

It was really painful. I felt so vulnerable that with the stroke of a pen, someone could change the legal status of our family.

Jeana Frazzini

Martin has applied for legal aid and that's likely, that's on the cards.

Michele Stephens

If the two licenses have differing terms, there may be a conflict between the two when you try to move back and forth. If we start fracturing off more and more with different licenses, it becomes more of a legal landmine for everyone.

Brian Ferguson

Our mission is not just to make a profit, it is to fulfill a calling . . . An ethical standard is higher than a legal standard.

Dianna Booher

We will not be able to function as competitively in the worldwide economy if we are not a diverse legal team. It's not optional in my view.

Bruce Sewell

We will certainly cooperate in any way. Because this is a formal, legal investigation, we are really limited in what we can say.

Bill Mckee

If there's still a need for a runoff after the ballots are counted, we will consider our legal options.

Christy Setzer

As far as their legal problems, we didn't get into that.

Chuck Clarke

I'm requiring their presence on March 24, including their legal counsels.

Judge Renato Dilag

We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.

Igor Ivanov

The schedule of the terminal's opening has yet to be decided. We fear that there are legal issues that may be jeopardized if we open or do a dry run.

Alfonso Cusi

It is important you balance new projects with the legal obligation you have to the original 19 projects.

Sue Densmore

There is no legal basis ... If this child came from anywhere else, he would have been home within 48 hours.

David Abraham

I mean, there's a legal dump just five miles up the road.

Ronnie Ivey

Based on new information ICE determined there was no longer a legal basis to support an appeal.

Jamie Zuieback

Based on the blood that was shed ... on the historic, political and legal arguments, these talks are imposed and unjust.

Sherif Krasniqi

We all expected they would appeal. They just continue to drag things along, which is, unfortunately, one of the difficulties against legal action against a government entity.

Maryanne Ingemanson

We want people to download responsibly. We make the technology available, and we don't make a distinction between legal and illegal.

Ashwin Navin

There are a number of legal issues. No. 1, two different cases were consolidated, and we didn't think they proved their case on the murder charge.

David Schieck

Smoking is hardest to give up because it's legal. I smoke because I'm addicted - nicotine should be a Class A drug.

Sophie Anderton

This will hopefully give us the opportunity to get legal status.

Ray Martinez

We're confident that we have numerous legal defenses against these claims. We're confident that we have no liabilities or claims to GE employees.

Terry Crews

Companies could lose their legal protection if they use DRM in such a way. Then, if you don't make your e-book accessible and someone hacks it, he wouldn't go to jail.

Ross Anderson

Abusing this right is a legal offense.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk

This is totally new for the Iraqi legal system and these are not just any old trials.

Nehal Bhuta

What is new is the extent of immigration, some of it legal, some of it not, in new communities across the country. They don't know how to deal with it so they freak out and pass laws.

John Trasviña

Judge Motley's legal prowess helped pave the way for expanded freedoms from which we all benefit today.

Bruce S. Gordon

We can't seem to get it right because of legal mechanics. We have the money; we have the desire.

Charles Djou

The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications, ... a nice psychological boost but you can't extrapolate the U.S. ruling from this because of the different legal standards.

Catherine Arnold

It also shows them legal occupations other than attorneys.

Judy Thompson

Through a long and costly legal action.

James Barr

What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said: America's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial Decision.

Jack Balkin

There are a lot of states that are concerned about this provision and are weighing whether to join this legal challenge.

Tom Dressler

We have been expecting this legal move but it?s an exercise in futility.

Raul Lambino

I didn't give a legal opinion on any of the funds in question.

Christopher Sullivan

The government resorts to fear itself. ... Irrational fear is not a legal basis to denying the next step in treatment.

Barry Levine

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

Abbie Hoffman

Internet gambling on horse racing is legal; sports wagering on the Internet is probably illegal; and the rest of it: There's no federal law that addresses it.

Anthony Cabot

I even had legal help from the police. Everyone was really supportive because they saw something in me and they could see that I wanted to get better.

Keia Guia

There is no legal obligation to perform impossibilities.

Publius Celsus

The simplest thing to say is that this person is not a lawyer and appears to have no legal training.

Jason Schultz

We are going to sit down with our legal counsel and sort out the ramifications of this ruling.

Martin Ackley

I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.

John Nash

He said, 'Oh, you can download all kinds of stuff and it's legal. The government allows it,' I just saw a lot of stuff and I just starting clicking.

Jonathan Wood

It's important to have constant application and legal certainty.

Mario Monti

There were no legal rules against spinning. The only question is one of ethics. And there, the question is this: Did Goldman see him as a future dispenser of future business? There's no way to know.

John Coffee

The Department of Defense continues to consult with the Department of Justice on this litigation to include additional legal options.

John Skinner

It's a good decision to leave Legal Ease in San Marcos. But I'm disappointed they won't let any new dispensaries open because if it is shut down there will be no place to go in North County.

Joe Notar

There are some people who believe that things like presumption of innocence are kind of legal technicalities and aren't really important.

Dan K. Webb

First Manning memo. From a legal perspective, one wants some hard evidence that something is there.

Philippe Sands

The courthouse was the only place you could get legally married in Germany, ... If you did it in a church, it wasn't legal.

George Morton

Sending Iran to the Security Council lacks a legal basis.

Aliasghar Soltaniyeh

I am going to put my faith in the legal system that they are going to do to him what he deserves to have done to him.

Donald Sparrow

This move is to put the defense team on a proper legal foundation and when the family appoints lawyers it then knows who is whom.

Abdel Haq Alani

We ran it through our legal council. We don't feel it was subliminal advertising but ABC did feel it was too close.

Laurie Schalow

He got half of what he asked for. It sets no legal precedent.

Martin Feldman

The charge that the department has divulged information to foreign governments or encouraged foreign governments to take legal action is completely false.

Michael Gordon

The board as I see it has made a decision, ... Mr. Wolfe as far as I'm concerned is our superintendent until some legal concerns are taken care of.

Larry Long

This is obviously a complex problem and we are taking advice from senior legal counsel.

Helen Zille

We are duty bound to protect our judges' integrity and the legal system.

Louis Butler

We have to fly legal, which is 1,000 feet over populated areas, and we cruise a little over 100 mph. Kids who have been in commercial flights say that this is so different because you can see the cars and people and cows below. It absolutely amazes them.

Aaron Anderson

It's all agreed. There are just a few things left to sort out. Most of them are already sorted out, it's just the legal technicalities.

Sol Campbell

I don't care whether they hunt or not. It's a takings issue to me. These guys thought they were legal.

Rep. Dave Wolkins

We haven't been listening to legal immigrants. We've been taking their name in vain.

Sandy Close

We're evaluating options including legal action.

Craig Parsons

If people aren't legal, then they aren't legal, and they should be doing something about it that to make it a more healthful place for everyone to live.

Jean Griffin

We will continue our picketing by all legal means available to us. What about the lockout? Doesn't that constitute abusive behavior by Disney/ABC?

Tom Donahue

I would advise any CFO doing an acquisition to factor in a very hefty human resources legal budget, because the lawsuits start going wild.

Jill Haselman

The court rejected some of the various legal arguments, but not the right to be heard. We never had that chance and now we will.

Al Gerhardstein

It is totally irrelevant to her service on the Airport Commission, unless there were legal issues.

Christine Salembier

This is an extreme legal theory, and our courts should not be filled with nonsense like this.

Derek Gaubatz

It's an interesting legal maneuver.

Paul Weiland

I favor initiating some action, but I await final conclusions from our legal services.

Charlie Mccreevy

My husband has not been in court since the 1979 trial. This is the most significant legal action since his conviction.

Kathy Macdonald

Whatever Robbie's intention, his legal action has created the impression he thinks it is shameful to be gay.

Peter Tatchell

His intention was to -- and still is to -- harvest tissue and provide it to tissue banks. What he has done is legal.

Mario Gallucci

We would anticipate that any recommendation below $30 will meet vociferous legal action by Telstra.

Tim Smeallie

Most people think that if their child has been injured or killed, they're going to be doing anything they can (to help the situation), legal rights aside.

Sam Shaw

I want to work legally here; that would give my son more. If I have the chance, I want to be legal. It would be much easier.

Jorge Zamora

We had to continue to recoup our legal costs; it was a return on investments.

Sue Smith

But the terrorists used things that were legal at the time to gain control of those aircraft.

Richard Duncan

Caught in a legal technicality.

Denny Chin

Not only am I so grateful that Napoleon is still alive, I'm grateful for his family, the community of Grapeland and that our very profound legal issues are still alive.

Walter Long

Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so.

Bobby Rush

We have good stability and the competition we're seeing in the legal community is no different than what we're seeing in other major businesses.

Bob Faiss

What Russell and Peter are proposing is a complex legal exercise.

Nick Pappas

It's adequate to describe proposals generally, which is something that came from the Idaho Supreme Court's decision. But most districts include a catchall that gives some legal flexibility.

Nicholas Miller