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Quotations
 | The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 41 likes |
 | A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 15 likes |
 | Dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 14 likes |
| It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 12 likes |
 | In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. — Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921 11 likes |
 | An unjust law is no law at all. — Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher 11 likes |
 | Law is order, and good law is good order. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
 | It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. — Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, American leader in the Civil Rights Movement 10 likes |
 | Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 8 likes |
| Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 8 likes |
 | If you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 8 likes |
 | Repeal all laws which assume that mankind is a herd of cattle. — Aleister Crowley, 1875-1945, British magician & occultist, 8 likes |
 | Those who fear men like laws. — Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims 7 likes |
 | If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 7 likes |
| The law is reason unaffected by desire. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 6 likes |
 | There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes |
 | A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. — René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher 6 likes |
 | Some laws are not written, but are more decisive than any written law. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 6 likes |
 | When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 6 likes |
 | The more laws, the more offenders. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 6 likes |
 | Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1809-1865, French anarchist 6 likes |
 | It is legal because I want it. — Luis XVI, 1754-1793, King of France [1774-1792] 5 likes |
 | The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free. — Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer 4 likes |
 | We do not need more laws. No country suffers from a shortage of laws. We need a new model. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 4 likes |
 | Liberty is the right to do what the laws permit. — Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French thinker 3 likes |
| A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 3 likes |
 | There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 3 likes |
 | To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 3 likes |
| It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 3 likes |
| I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis on the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 3 likes |
 | Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 3 likes |
| Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. — Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French thinker 3 likes |
 | When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces upon me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool. — Sydney Smith, 1771-1845, British writer & cleric 2 likes |
 | The chief foundations of all states are good laws and good arms; and as there cannot be good laws where the state is not well armed, it follows that where they are well armed they have good laws. — Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher 2 likes |
 | Men are born naked and live clothed, as they are born independent and live under laws. |
 | The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. |
| Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories. |
| If you want to know the law and nothing else, you must look at it as a bad man. |
| The aim of the law is not to punish sins, but is to prevent certain external results. |
 | When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. |
 | The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. |
 | In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. |
 | Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it. |
 | Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up. |
 | A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher |
 | The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced. |
 | We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. |
 | When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. |
 | Lawyer – One skilled in the circumvention of the law. |
 | Nature never breaks her own laws. |
Latin Quotes
 | Necessity has no law. Necessitas non habet legem. 54 likes |
 | We are slaves of the law in order to be free. Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus. — Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman 42 likes |
 | Bad law, no law. Lex malla, lex nulla — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 30 likes |
| The welfare of the people is the ultimate law. Salus populi suprema lex. — Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman 29 likes |
| Law stands mute in the midst of arms. Inter arma silent leges. — Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman 27 likes |
| Tough law but still a law. Dura lex, sed lex. 19 likes |
 | Even the gods have their own laws. Sunt superis sua jura. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 14 likes |
| The agreements must be kept. Pacta sunt servanda. (Principle of Civil and International law) 12 likes |
| The reason of the law is the spirit of the law. Ratio legis est anima legis. 12 likes |
| No crime, no penalty without law. Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege. (moral principle in criminal law) 10 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 2 likes |
 | What I need is a lawyer who specializes in the law of the jungle. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
Ancient Greek
 | Religion and laws, if they are exercised well, are beneficial; if exercised badly, they do not benefit at all. Το θείον και οι νόμοι, ευ μεν αγόντων, εισίν ωφέλιμοι, κακώς δε αγόντων ουδέν ωφελούσιν. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 18 likes |
| The human life is governed by nature and laws. Άπας ό βίος των ανθρώπων φύσει και νόμοις διοικείται. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 16 likes |
| Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away. Τους δε νόμους τοις αραχνίοις ομοίους· και γαρ εκείνα, εάν μεν εμπέση τι κούφον και ασθενές, στέγειν· εάν δε μείζον, διακόψαν οίχεσθαι. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 12 likes |
| There is no difference between not having laws and not following the laws. Ουδέν διαφέρει ή μη κείσθαι ή μη χρήσθαι τους νόμους. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 6 likes |
 | If you are s stranger, follow the local laws. Ξένος ών ακολούθει τοις επιχωρίοις νόμοις. 5 likes |
 | He who is never unjust has no need of laws. Ο μηδέν αδικών ουδενός δείται νόμου. — Antiphanes, 405-335 BC, Ancient comic poet 5 likes |
 | The good condition of the state depends on ethics and not on the laws we vote. Ου γαρ τοις ψηφίσµασιν αλλά τοις ήθεσιν καλώς οικείσθαι τας πόλεις. — Isokrates, 436-338 BC, Ancient Greek rhetorician 5 likes |
 | The best state is one where the laws and not the politicians are obeyed. Την μάλιστα νόμων, ήκιστα δε ρητόρων ακούουσαν πολιτείαν αρίστην είναι. — Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 4 likes |
 | Use old laws and fresh food. Τοις μεν νόμοις, παλαιοίς χρώ, τοις δ' όψοις, προσφάτοις. — Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth 4 likes |
 | Every law is a gift and an invention of by the gods. Πας εστι νόμος εύρημα μεν και δώρον θεών. — Demosthenes, 384-322 BC, Ancient Athenian & statesman orator 4 likes |
