I'm a student of the law.

That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;…

— Edward Gibbon

It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a…

— Dacia Maraini

America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…

— Albert Einstein

[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left…

— Abul A'la Maududi

The law is like apparel, which alters with the time

— John Dodderidge

I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time…

— Vaclav Havel

It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought…

— Pope Leo XIII

Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by…

— Vladimir Lenin

Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac.

— Tim Cook

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

— Anonymous

A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece…

— Thomas Jefferson

In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds…

— Anonymous

“The laws of every country must be analogous to some common principle.”

— Thomas Paine

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…

— Thomas Jefferson