--- title: "8 Law Used Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Law Used quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Law Used sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/james-clavell-4422_laws_the-law-may-upset-reason-but-reason-may_274331.png" --- > [“The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-clavell/the-law-may-upset-reason-but-reason-may-never-upset-the-law-or-our/) [James Clavell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-clavell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/james-clavell-4422_laws_the-law-may-upset-reason-but-reason-may_274331.png) > [It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/it-is-easy-to-understand-why-the-law-is-used-by-the-legislator-to/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/frederic-bastiat-2151_benefits_it-is-easy-to-understand-why-the-law-is_1056653.png) > [“Almost all modern legal practice is derived from one of two distinct traditions. The first, the so-called civil law tradition, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rosen/almost-all-modern-legal-practice-is-derived-from-one-of-two-distinct/) [William Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rosen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/william-rosen-42020_common-law_almost-all-modern-legal-practice-is-deri_1429537.jpg) > [I loved thinking about how the law could be used to help others, how to interpret it that way. I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-cortez-masto/i-loved-thinking-about-how-the-law-could-be-used-to-help-others-how/) [Catherine Cortez-Masto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-cortez-masto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/catherine-cortez-masto-22653_community_i-loved-thinking-about-how-the-law-could_1502931.jpg) > [“The Law is used un-lawfully, not when presented as the rule of the believer’s life, but when it is opposed to Christ!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-w-pink/the-law-is-used-un-lawfully-not-when-presented-as-the-rule-of-the/) [Arthur W. Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-w-pink/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/arthur-w-pink-4530_life_the-law-is-used-un-lawfully-not-when-pre_1505572.png) > [Why is one view permissible and the other criminally barred-other than because the force of law is being used to control political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/why-is-one-view-permissible-and-the-other-criminally-barred-other/) [Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/glenn-greenwald-1215_discourse_why-is-one-view-permissible-and-the-othe_1775746.jpg) > [“but we know enough from the early years to see that the machinery of the law was mostly used against workers who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pye/but-we-know-enough-from-the-early-years-to-see-that-the-machinery-of/) [Michael Pye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/michael-pye-48945_quote_but-we-know-enough-from-the-early-years_2053061.jpg) > [I shall never accept that the law can be used to justify tragedy, to keep things as they are, to make us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scar-arias/i-shall-never-accept-that-the-law-can-be-used-to-justify-tragedy-to/) [Óscar Arias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scar-arias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/scar-arias-8677_different-world_i-shall-never-accept-that-the-law-can-be_2552779.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/law-used/#itemlist", "name": "Law Used Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami. 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This is not surprising; if someone’s offence was refusing work there was nothing to discuss. They were judged on the spot and punished until they agreed to do what was wanted. 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