More quotations tagged with “laws”
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
—Albert Einstein
Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still, while they continue in force, for the sake of example they should be religiously observed.
—Abraham Lincoln
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
—Frank Zappa
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequence of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.
—Margaret Mead
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
—Barbara Kingsolver