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title: "7 Law Obedience Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/there-were-rules-in-the-monastery-but-the-master-always-warned/)

[Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/)

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> [The severest prosecutions have never been followed by revelations changing a divine law, obedience to which brought imprisonment or martyrdom. Though I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorenzo-snow/the-severest-prosecutions-have-never-been-followed-by-revelations/)

[Lorenzo Snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorenzo-snow/)

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> [“If, by virtue of the Second Law, we can demand of any robot unlimited obedience in all respects not involving harm to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-by-virtue-of-the-second-law-we-can-demand-of-any-robot-unlimited/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> [“Beware of license to the flesh, under the coat of liberty of the Spirit; and let none thinke that law-curses, looseth us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rutherford/beware-of-license-to-the-flesh-under-the-coat-of-liberty-of-the/)

[Samuel Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rutherford/)

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> [The fullest life is impossible without an immovable belief in a Living Law in obedience to which the whole universe moves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-fullest-life-is-impossible-without-an-immovable-belief-in-a/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Cleverly assorted scraps of spurious science are inculcated upon the children to prove necessity of law; obedience to the law is made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/cleverly-assorted-scraps-of-spurious-science-are-inculcated-upon-the/)

[Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/)

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> [If men would as fervently seek after love and righteousness as they do after opinions, there would be no strife on earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakob-bohme/if-men-would-as-fervently-seek-after-love-and-righteousness-as-they/)

[Jakob Bohme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakob-bohme/)

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