When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
It's a law of our natures, especially when the political fit is on us, to applaud where we already approve, and deride… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Those laws, being forged for universal application, are in perpetual conflict with personal interest, just as personal interest is always in contradiction… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles! — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
It is an unfortunate discovery certainly, that of a law which binds us where we did not know before that we were… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Here's a summary for the time or attention challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Clearly, the response to terrorism and violent extremism must respect human rights and comply with international law. That is not just a… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
He who has annexed them, if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one, that… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I am fully assured, that no general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which… — George Boole Copy Share Image
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal. — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
All laws that are proper and correct, and all obligations entered into which are not violative of the constitution should be kept… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Had laws not been, we never had been blam'd; For not to know we sinn'd is innocence. — William Davenant Copy Share Image
You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
The laws of physics ... seem to be the product of exceedingly ingenious design... The universe must have a purpose. — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear. Rules and laws fly straight out the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
"...arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable." — Luther L. Bohanon Copy Share Image
“The basic function of law is to restrain (Rom. 13:1-4) not to regenerate, and when the function of the law is changed… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
I think there should be a law - and I know this is extreme - that no one can have a gun… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“Plunder by force or subterfuge is called theft, larceny, burglary, swindling. Plunder under color of law can take the form of ‘economic… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
We are free, in the West, to choose; we have real choice to pursue our own desires; we are free to set… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
The Law was given by Moses; the moral law, to discover the extent and abounding sin; the ceremonial law, to point out,… — John Newton Copy Share Image
...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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Vice may triumph for a time, crime may flaunt its victories in the face of honest toilers, but in the end the… — Allan Pinkerton Copy Share Image
Go another step. Try to live one entire day without words at all. Do it not as a law, but as an… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
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Newton came up with Newton's laws of motion and gravity. They worked. They were working. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature,… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
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