法律英语名言.docx

1、法律英语名言法律英语名言英文中文a sage punishes not because a crime has been committed， but rather to prevent its being committed;because the past cannot be revoked， but the future is being forestalled. (Lat. nemo prudens punit quia peccatum est， sed ne peccetur;reuocari enim praeterita non possunt， futura prohiben

2、tur) .Plato智者非因犯罪已然发生才去惩罚，实乃为了防止犯罪而施刑责；其原因在于，过去无法逆转，而未来则可以预防。 柏拉图The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. .Samuel Johnson 法律是人类为公众利益所作实践中探索出的人类智慧最终结晶。 塞缪尔约翰逊In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. .Earl Warren 在文明的生活中，法律漂浮在道德的海洋

3、上。 厄尔沃伦The law seems like a sort of maze through which a client must be led to safety, a collection of reefs, rocks and underwater hazards through which he or she must be piloted. .John Mortimer 法律看起来就象某种迷宫委托人要想通过，肯定需要他人引导其通过种种暗礁。 约翰莫蒂默The verdict acquits the raven, but condemns the dove. Lat., Dat

4、veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. .Juvenal裁决认定掠夺者无罪，而给主张和平的人判刑。 尤维纳利斯The law often allows what honor forbids. Fr., La loi permet souvent ce que defend lhonneur. .Bernard Joseph Saurin 法律允许的而道义上常常禁止。 伯纳德约瑟莎伦Unnecessary laws are but traps for money. .Hobbes无用的法律不过是捞钱的陷阱。 霍布斯Arms and laws do not f

5、lourish together. .Julius Caesar 武力与法律不能同时兴盛。 尤利乌斯凯撒It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.Lat., Hominem improbum non accusari tutius est quam absolvi.Titus Livy不指控坏人较宣告他无罪更稳妥。泰特斯李维The prince is not above the laws, but the laws above the prince.Lat., Non e

6、st priceps super leges, sed leges supra principem.Pliny the Younger 不是君主高于法律，而是法律高于君主。小普林尼The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.Lat., Jus summum saepe summa est malitia.Terence最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公平。泰伦斯The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.Lat., Jus summum saepe

7、summa est malitia.Terence最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公平。泰伦斯The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.Publilius Syrus如果犯罪之人被判无罪，法官应该判刑。普布里利亚斯西拉斯He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just.Lat., Qui st

8、atuit aliquid, parte inaudita altera, Aequum licet statuerit, haud aequus fuerit.Lucius Annaeus Seneca偏听一方而对案件作出判决不可能公正，虽然他自认为很公正。卢西乌斯阿纽斯塞内加I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people.Edmund Burke我不知道如何起草控告所有人的方法。埃德蒙伯克Arms and laws do not flourish together.Julius Cae

9、sar武力与法律不能同时兴盛。尤利乌斯凯撒No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.Carrie Chapman Catt 由民众意见支持的不成文习惯法比成文法更具约束力。卡丽查普曼凯特Law is mind without reason.Aristotle法律是无由的理念。亚里斯多德Necessity has no law.William Langland“必要”不受制于法。威廉朗格兰Let us consider the reason of the case

10、. For nothing is law that is not reason.Sir John Powell让我们来搜寻本案的理由，因为没有理由不成其为法律。约翰鲍威尔爵士I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.Ulysses S. Grant我知道取缔有害或讨厌的法律最有效的方法是严厉地去执行它。尤利塞斯S格兰特At least in the law of the jungle, youve survival of

11、the fittest. In Congress, youve just got survival. .Robert W. Packwood至少在法律丛林中，适者生存。在国会中，你得生存。罗伯特W帕克伍德He found law dear and left it cheap.Ulysses S. Grant他对法律一见钟情，随即又见异思迁。尤利西斯辛格兰特There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust. .Sophocles公平与不公平仅一线之隔。萨福克里斯The law exists to protect us all, w

12、hether we are union members, union leaders, employers or merely long-suffering members of the public. We cannot do without it. But the law is not a one-way street. Part goes our way, part goes against us. We have either to accept it all or else to opt bor anarchy.Sir John Donaldson法律保护我们所有人，不管你是工会成员

13、、工会领导人、职员还是长期受苦的公众成员。没有法律我们一事无成。但是法律不是一条单行道，有些是我们的方向，而有些与我们反向。我们要么全部接受，要么选择无政府状态。约翰唐纳森爵士There is nothing more difficult to arrange, more doubtful of success, and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change in a States constitution. The innovator makes enemies of all those who prospered un

14、der the old order, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who could prosper under the new.Their support is lukewarm partly from fear of their adversaries, who have the existing law on their side, and partly because men are generally incredulous, never really trusting n没有比开始改革一个国家的宪法在安排上

15、更困难，在成功方面更不确定，在实施方面更危险。改革者要得罪所有在旧规则下获益的人；而只是冷淡的支持者是那些从即将实施的新规则下获益的人。这些人不热心支持一方面是因为出于对那些站在现行法律一边的敌手的畏惧；另一方面因为通常不轻信新事物，除非它们已经过实践检验。结果，改革随时遭反对变革者剧烈地攻击，而其他支持者又只是冷淡的。因此，改革者及友人都濒临灭绝。马基雅弗利The question is, not what may be supposed to have been intended, but what has been said. .Lord Halsbury问题不是推定的意图，而是曾经说过

16、什么。赫斯布里勋爵It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.Cornelius Tacitus经验告诉我们绝妙的法律及正确的先例来源于他人的犯罪基础上的。科尼利厄斯塔西佗People say Ive had brushes with the law. Thats not true. Ive had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.Mark Duf

17、fy人们说我与法律有过冲突，其实是不准确的。我只是同那些过分热心的检举人有过冲突。马克达菲?There can be no really pervasive system of oppression . . . without the consent of the oppressed.Florynce R. Kennedy)没有被压迫者的同意，就不会有真正的压迫制度。弗洛里恩斯R肯尼迪The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.Emma

18、Goldman权力最有力的保障是一致性；最小的分歧就是最大的犯罪。爱玛戈德曼The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development.John Christian Bovee 法律最重要的是法律随着时代不断改革发展。John Christian BoveThere are so many lawyers with their hands in the till there isnt room for money. .Howard Engel抽屉内到处都是律师的手，以致没有放钱的空间。霍华德恩格It is often thoug

19、ht that the police represent the law. It would be more accurate to say that they represent the force behind the law. .J. Ricker and J. Saywell经常有人认为警察代表法律。更准确来讲，他们代表法律背后的强制力。J. Ricker和J. SaywellSenility has its privileges. .Edward Farrer老人应享有特别待遇。爱德华法拉Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; pla

20、nt a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.Anthony Norvell 种下一粒麦种你可以收获一品脱；种下一品脱你可以蒲式尔。通常法律回报你的总比你给予的多。安东尼诺维尔Laws were made to be broken. .Christopher North制定法律用于被人破坏。克里斯托弗诺斯HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of

21、homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another - the classification is for advantage of the lawyers. .Ambrose Bierce杀人：名词，一个人被另一个人杀死。一般分为四种情况：重罪的、可免除的、有理由的及值得称颂的，但是对于被杀者没有任何区别。而这种分级只对于律师有用。安布罗

22、斯比尔斯Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. .Coke法律的生命是推理，不仅如此，而且普通法本身除了推理外别无他物。科克Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be

23、business enough. .Abraham Lincoln阻止诉讼。随时说服你的邻居采取折衷措施去避免诉讼，律师作为调节人，不但有很好的机会成为一个好人，而且总是有许多生意上门。亚伯拉罕林肯The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. .Henry Kissinger违法一瞬间即可完成，但违宪则需更长一点时间。亨利基辛格With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation. .Edson Hai

24、nes每一个民事权利必须有对应的民事义务。Edson HainesWe are creating the kind of society where the criminal is out of jail before his victim is out of hospital .Richard J. Needham我们正在建设一种受害者尚未出院而罪犯却已出狱的社会。理查德J尼达姆The law gives a dog more rights than the person he bites . J. C. McRuer法律给予狗的权利比被它咬的人多。J. C. McRuerIt may be

25、 true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think thats pretty important. .Martin Luther King事实上，法律不能让一个人爱上我，但可以阻止他对我动私刑。我认为这是最重要的。马丁路德金Lawyers are operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass. .Jane Bryant Quinn律师就像收

26、费桥的工作人员，任何搜寻公平的人都必须由此经过。简布莱恩特奎因There are not enough jails, not enough policeman, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. .Hubert Humphrey就是再多的监狱、再多的警察及法庭也无法实施民众不支持的法律。休伯特汉弗莱Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers. .Elbert Hubbard律师是我们聘来用以应付其他律师的。埃尔伯特哈伯德It is t

27、he spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.Earl Warren法律的本质就是保持正义不灭。沃伦伯爵A lawyer cannot be made honest by an act of the Legislature. Youve got to work on his conscience, and his lack of conscience is what made him a lawyer.Will Rogers立法机关的法令不可能使律师变得诚实。你必须凭良心作事，而正是缺乏良心才使他成为律师。威廉罗杰斯A l

28、aw-suit is like an ill-managed dispute, in which the first object is soon out of sight, and the parties end upon a matter wholly foreign to that on which they began.Edmund Burke诉讼就象失控的争斗，开始争夺的目标很快淡出视野，而双方结束时的目标已与之毫无关联。埃德蒙伯克As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.Pyt

29、hagorus一旦法律成为人们的必需品，自由就不再适合他们。毕达哥拉斯As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.Pythagorus人们一旦必需法律时，就意味着不再需要自由。皮西亚斯You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right.Philip Crosby 你必须带领人民慢慢地向他们认为正确的方向发展。菲力普克罗斯比What power has law where only money rules.

30、Gaius Petronius金钱统治的地方权力就是法律。盖厄斯 佩特罗尼乌斯Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.Albert Einstein我们的防御不在于我们的军备，不在于科技，也不在于地下活动，而就是法律和秩序。阿尔伯特爱因斯坦The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.Mignon McLaughlin头脑永远不会支配心灵，只是在犯罪时才会成为它的伙伴。Mignon McLaughlinGood laws have their ori