Subject: Government » Law (Page 3)

Easiest job you could ever have… whoever gets to put Michael Jackson in a witness chair and create "reasonable doubt."

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

This contract is so one-sided that I am surprised to find it written on both sides of the paper.

(1899 – 1966) British judge

If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire; they're trained for that!

(1964 – ) English comedian

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

(1927 – ) American comedian

There is a statue of limitation.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I feel proud to be living in a country where people are not afraid to laugh at themselves and where political satire is tolerated by the government, if not the television network.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign

If law school is so hard to get through… how come there are so many lawyers?

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

When you go into court you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people that weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Have you ever noticed that the lawyer always smiles more than the client?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

There is more law in the end of a policeman’s nightstick than in a decision of the Supreme Court.

Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

I would think the squad car cop is to the cop on a bike as the sketch artist is to the etch-a-sketch artist.

(1969 – ) American stand-up comedian

Nothing is illegal if one hundred well-placed business men decide to do it.

(1932 – ) American politician, diplomat, activist & pastor

Only lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Lawsuit: A contest generally won by the party that can afford to reimburse the lawyers on both sides of the dispute.

I went to medical school here at Columbia; I got my M.D.; and was practicing out in Colorado, where I decided to quit and do stand-up – and not just because of the lawsuits.

(1971 – ) American comedian, actor, television host & former physician

A lawyer is someone who writes a 40-page document and calls it a brief!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Your honor, may I encroach the bench?

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)