75 Laws Quotes

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Famous Laws Quotes

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. — Malcolm X

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. — Ronald Reagan

I have to keep law and order and it means that I have to kill my enemies before they kill me. — Idi Amin

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. — Plato

The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics. — Galileo Galilei

The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society. — Thurgood Marshall

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. - Euclid

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. — Euclid

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. — Immanuel Kant

Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. — Antoni Gaudi

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. — Montesquieu

Short Laws Quotes

  • Black people know what white people mean when they say “law and order”. — Fannie Lou Hamer
  • When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right. — Simon Bolivar
  • There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. — Stokely Carmichael
  • The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth. — Jagadish Chandra Bose
  • Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. — Benjamin Franklin
  • If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. — Julius Caesar
  • Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry. — Unknown Author
  • The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be. — Dorothy Parker
  • When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. — Thomas Jefferson
  • The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. — Frank Zappa

Laws Image Quotes

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law - Thomas Hobbes quote

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law — Thomas Hobbes

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. - Alice Walker quote

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. — Alice Walker

Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Amschel Rothschild quote

Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. — Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me. - Immanuel Kant quote

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me. — Immanuel Kant

The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power. - Friedrich Nietzsche quote

The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free. - Henry David Thoreau quote

The law will never make men free, it is men that have to make the law free. — Henry David Thoreau

What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics. - Nikola Tesla quote

What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics. — Nikola Tesla

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom. - Pythagoras quote

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom. — Pythagoras

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government. - Tacitus quote

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government. — Tacitus

The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law. - American Indian Proverbs quote

The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law. — American Indian Proverbs

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law. - Immanuel Kant quote

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law. — Immanuel Kant

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard. - Cam Newton quote

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard. — Cam Newton

If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand. - Bob Proctor quote

If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand. — Bob Proctor

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. - Albert Einstein quote

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. — Albert Einstein

Denis Law could dance on eggshells. - Bill Shankly quote

Denis Law could dance on eggshells. — Bill Shankly

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal. - Friedrich Engels quote

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal. — Friedrich Engels

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in. - Thomas Keller quote

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in. — Thomas Keller

The entire universe is a great theatre of mirrors. - Alice Bailey quote

The entire universe is a great theatre of mirrors. — Alice Bailey

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis quote

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. — Louis D. Brandeis

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law. - John Dryden quote

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law. — John Dryden

Laws quote Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else!
Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else!

International Relations Quotes

The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood. — A. Powell Davies

Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations — J. William Fulbright

We have no eternal allies, and we have not perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow. — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Laws quote Laws control a lesser person, right conduct controls a greater one.
Laws control a lesser person, right conduct controls a greater one.

I encounter one example after another of how relative truth is. — Raoul Wallenberg

United States is a great Country and has its effective role on the international arena, so we have to boost our relations with it, in order to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world. — Ali A. Saleh

If China continues to rise, you better be very careful, because that will drive the United States stark raving crazy. —

Laws quote Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under god is acknowledged.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under god is acknowledged.

United States is a great Country and has its effective role on the international arena, so we have to boost our relations with it, in order to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world. — Bill Vaughan

According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity. — Kenneth Waltz

Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry. — Linus Pauling

War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished. — Julius Caesar

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More Laws Quotes

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. quote

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Justice is incidental to law and order. - J. Edgar Hoover quote

Justice is incidental to law and order. — J. Edgar Hoover

There is no justice in following unjust laws. - Aaron Swartz quote

There is no justice in following unjust laws. — Aaron Swartz

All things are possible, except skiing through a revolving door. - Woody Allen quote

All things are possible, except skiing through a revolving door. — Woody Allen

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. - Montesquieu quote

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. — Montesquieu

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations. - Jamie Dimon quote

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations. — Jamie Dimon

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God - William Blackstone quote

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God — William Blackstone

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime. - Rudy Giuliani quote

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime. — Rudy Giuliani

Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool. - Paul Begala quote

Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool. — Paul Begala

It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man. - Confucius quote

It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man. — Confucius

I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning. - Tony Abbott quote

I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning. — Tony Abbott

A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude. - Bruce Wilkinson quote

A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude. — Bruce Wilkinson

As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically. — Antonin Scalia

Persuade your fellow citizens it's a good idea and pass a law. That's what democracy is all about. It's not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society. — Antonin Scalia

Because you won't get gun control by disarming law abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don't actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time. — Ronald Reagan

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