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> [“I know not whether laws be right or whether laws be wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-know-not-whether-laws-be-right-or-whether-laws-be-wrong/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-a-born-antinomian-i-am-one-of-those-who-are-made-for-exceptions/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-mcmahon/some-laws-are-wrong-and-we-have-an-obligation-to-speak-out-against/)

[Julian McMahon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-mcmahon/)

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> [“I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-am-one-of-those-who-are-made-for-exceptions-not-for-laws-but-while/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“We know not whether laws be right Or whether laws be wrong All we know who lie in gaol Is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/we-know-not-whether-laws-be-right-or-whether-laws-be-wrong-all-we/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [I know not whether Laws be right, Or whether Laws be wrong; All that we know who be in jail Is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-know-not-whether-laws-be-right-or-whether-laws-be-wrong-all-that-we/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Laws can be wrong and laws can be cruel. And the people who live only by the law are both wrong and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ardel-wray/laws-can-be-wrong-and-laws-can-be-cruel-and-the-people-who-live-only/)

[Ardel Wray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ardel-wray/)

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> [We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/we-are-a-nation-of-immigrants-but-we-are-also-a-nation-of-laws-it-is/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

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## Top authors on Laws Wrong

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/laws-wrong/oscar-wilde/)

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