Books Quote by Alan W. Watts

I came to realize that the law is about a book of rules, and he who learns them best, and is the most creative…

— Kenneth Cole

“You know, for someone who holds a position of legal authority as high as yours, you sure do like to throw away the rule…

— Kay Hooper

When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to understand, justify,…

— Jimmy Carter

“The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality; a sort…

— Barack Obama

The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of…

— Howard Zinn

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them

— Jonathan Swift

...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.

— Massad Ayoob

“Once it's no longer accepted that something is wrong, all the laws in the world will avail you naught. The law functions as a…

— Mark Steyn

“Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action.”

— George Hammond

The law is an artificial human construct, quite arbitrary, and of absolutely no use anywhere else but in a court of law!

— John Quincy Adams

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the…

— Hilary Mantel

“people are remarkably receptive to new rules in a new setting. They are surprisingly willing to harm and kill others in the service of…

— Timothy Snyder