Legalism Quotes

The president has made clear that he does not want the work of his lawyers to get in the way of his admission that he had an improper relationship and he misled people to keep it private... No legalisms should obscure the fact that it was wrong, he apologized for it and he has asked for forgiveness. - Jim Kennedy

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. - Fred Melamed

But even a nation of laws must understand the limits of legalism. Between 1861 and 1865, the government of the United States took tens of thousands of American citizens prisoner and detained them for years without letting any one of them see a lawyer. - Richard Perle

Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear. - Marquis De Sade

[Both are using legalisms to defend themselves. Gingrich says] I did not intend to mislead the committee. ... In the areas where we had more direct control, our campaign and the legal defense fund, as far as I know, the proper Decisions were made, because the proper scrutiny was applied. The Democratic Party case, they've already admitted they did not apply the proper review. - Bill Clinton