• 法学其实不过是一门法律语言学。 (The Law is simply a matter oflinguistics.)   麦考密克

• The law is a profession ofwords.   D.Mellinkoff

• The law is an overwhelmingly linguisticinstitution.   John Gibbons

• Linguistic issues can arise in a great varietyof legalcontexts.   Peter Tiersma

• Almost any area of linguistics can be relevant incourt.    PeterTiersma 

• Few professions are as concerned with languageas is thelaw.    Tiersma(1993)

• So much of the law is simply a matter oflinguistics that the transition from thinking about linguistictheory to thinking about legal matters should be a naturalone.   Solan: Practicing lawyers' sameadvice

• Law is a living language: it has a history, avacabulary and a point of view.   Ann D. Jordan

• To be of any use, the language of the law (asany other language) must not only express but convey thought.   DavidMellinkoff

• ...... Language is no mere instrument which wecan control at will; it controlsus.   Legalhistorians' reminding

• 要想在与法律有关的职业中取得成功，你必须尽力培养自己掌握语言的能力。    丹宁

• 世界上的大多数纠纷都是由词语所引起的。    曼斯斐尔德

• 法的世界肇始于语言。    英国哲学家大卫·休谟   

• 法律条文含义不清，罪名不明，足以使一个政府堕落到专制主义中去。    孟德斯鸠

• 在法治进程中，法律语言建设要靠两方面的力量来完成，一是法学家们自身在提高专业素质的同时，也要致力于语言修养的提高；二是语言学家们也不能不关心法律人所做的工作，将法律语言排除在他们的视野之外。   刘仁文

• 一部好的法律必是用词准确、逻辑严谨、内容与形式俱佳的文献，它不仅给法律的遵守和操作带来极大的方便，而且给读者以美感和享受。    刘仁文

• 时下，“法治”这个题目正被以空前的深度和广度在全社会加以研究，然而，与这种热闹气氛形成鲜明对比的是，很少有人对法治进程中的语言建设给予应有的关注，......  刘仁文

• 欲治法学，必先治语言学。欲当罗马法学者，必先当语言学家。    徐国栋

Every law has no atomof stregth, as far as no public opinion supports it. (Wendellphillips, American leader against slavery)
若是没有公众舆论的支持，法律是丝毫没有力量的。(美国废奴运动领袖 菲力普斯 W)

Good order is thefoundation of all things. (E.Burke, Btritish statesman)
良好的秩序是一切的基础。(英国政治家 伯克 E)

Guilt always hurriestowards its complement, punishment; only there does itssatisfaction lie. (Lawence Durrell, British writer)
犯罪总是以惩罚相补偿；只有处罚才能使犯罪得到偿还。(英国作家 达雷尔 L)

I disapprove of whatyou say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.(Voltaire, Frech writer)
我不同意你说的话，但是我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。(法国作家 伏尔泰)

If there were no badpeople, there would be no good lawyers. (Charles Dickens, Britishnovelist)
倘若世上没有坏人，也就不会有好的律师。(英国小说家 狄更斯 C)

If we only had some Godin the country's laws, instead of beng in such a sweat to get himinto the Constitution, it would be better all around. (Mark Twain,American writer)
如果我们国家的法律中只有某种神灵，而不是殚精竭虑将神灵揉进宪法，总体上来说，法律就会更好。(美国作家马克·吐温)

In nature there are norewards or punishments; there are consequences. (HoraclAnnexleyVachell, British writer)
自然界中没有奖赏和惩罚，只有因果报应。(英国作家 瓦谢尔 H A)

It is better to fightfor justice than to rail at the ill. (Alfreds Tennyson, Bitishwriter)
与其责骂罪恶，不如伸张正义。(英国作家 丁尼生 A)

aws are generally foundto be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, thegreat break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in.(William Shensto, British poet)
人们通常会发现，法律就是这样一种的网，触犯法律的人，小的可以穿网而过，大的可以破网而出，只有中等的才会坠入网中。(英国诗人 申斯通W)

Law can nerver beenforced unless fear supports it. (Sophocles, Ancient Greekdramatist)
如果法律没有恐惧支撑，它绝不能生效。(古希腊剧作家 索福克勒斯)

Law is thecrystallizaton of the habit and thought of society. (WoodrowWilson, American president)
法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。(美国总统 威尔逊 W)

Law is order , and goodlaw is good order. (Aristole, Ancient Greek philosopher)
法律就是秩序，有好的法律才有 好的秩序。( 古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德)

Laws grind the poor,and rich men rule the law. (Oliver Goldsmith, British writer)
法律吸吮穷人的膏血，而富人却掌握着权柄。(英国作家 哥尔德斯密斯 O)

Mankind censureinjustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and notbecause they shrink from commintting it. (Plato, Ancint Grekphilosopher)
人类对于不公正的行为加以指责，并非因为他们愿意做出这种行为，而是惟恐自己会成为这种行为的牺牲者。(古希腊哲学家柏拉图)

No society can make aperpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law.(Thomas Jefferson,America president)
没有哪个社会可以制订一部永远适用的宪法，甚至一条永远适用的法律。(美国总统 杰斐逊 T)

One of the moststriking and salutary thing in Ameican life is the widespread studyof law. (Alexis de Tocqueville ,French judge)
美国人生活中最显著而又有益的事情莫过于对法律的广泛研究了。(法国法官托克维尔 A)

Punishment is justicefor the unjust. (Augustine British writer)
惩罚是对正义 的伸张。(英国 奥古斯丁)

Really, what we wantnow, is not laws, against crime, but a law a -gainst insaity. (MarkTwain, American writer)
实际上，我们想要的不是针对犯罪的法律，而是针对疯狂的法律。(美国作家 马克·吐温)

Singularity is almostinvariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is,the more difficult is it to bring it home. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,British writer)
奇特几乎总能提供一种线索。一种犯罪越是普通，越是不具特点，就越难以查明。(英国作家 柯南·道尔爵士 A)

The administration ofthe law can never go lax where every individual sees to it that itgrows not lax in his own case, or in cases which fall under hiseyes. (Mark Twain, Arerican writer)
在个人自己的案件中或是他所看到的案件中不能有疏忽，因此执法从来不能疏忽。(美国作家 马克·吐温)

The law cannot make allmen equal, but they are all equal before the law. (Frederick Pollck,British jurist)
法律不能使人人平等，但是在法律面前人人是平等的。(英国法学家 波洛克 F)

The laws of Nature,that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being alaw unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws,and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignorethem , since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good governmentand stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws ofGod, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder andanarchy if we should adopt them. (Mark Twain, Americanwriter)
自然法即神灵法，只是用来约束每一个个体的法律，我们必须坚定地拒绝遵守。我们应该坚定地遵守忽视神灵法的规章制度，因为规章制度赋予我们和平、比较好的政府和稳定，因而对我们来说，规章制度比神灵法更好，因为如果我们采用神灵法的话，他会将我们陷入迷惑、无序和无政府状态。(美国作家马克·吐温)