The people's good is the highest law. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Law stands mute in the midst of arms. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey. —Chaim Weizmann More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. —Benjamin Disraeli More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Law is order, and good law is good order. —Aristotle More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Law is mind without reason. —Aristotle More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. —Aristotle More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. —Aristotle More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos. The highest test of a people's fitness for free institutions is their willingness to obey law. In monarchies and empires physical force restrains the multitude and maintains government. In a democracy all depends on the intelligence and conscience of the people. —John Ireland (bishop) More about this quote Tags: intelligence force conscience liberty laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice. —Arcesilaus More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Good laws have their origins in bad morals. —Ambrosius Macrobius More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: laws Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. —W. H. Auden More about this quote Tags: laughter Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion. —The Talmud More about this quote Tags: laughter Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email