Contracts Quote by Alexander Hamilton

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with…

— J. William Fulbright

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

— Louis XIV

A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.

— Chaim Weizmann

Civilization involves subjection of force to reason, and the agency of this subjection is law.

— Roscoe Pound

“A good definition of lawfare is the abuse of international law and legal processes to accomplish military objectives that can’t be accomplished on the…

— Jay Sekulow

It is a duty for any government to uphold the rule of law, and this sometimes requires the proportionate use of force.

— Frans Timmermans

It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted.

— Emmerson Mnangagwa

They are not rules prescribed by the sovereign to the subject, but agreements between sovereign and sovereign.

— Alexander Hamilton

[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws.

— Edward Gibbon

The moral law of God is the only law of individuals and of nations, and nothing can be rightful government but such as is…

— Charles Grandison Finney

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.

— J. William Fulbright

The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable…

— Charles Grandison Finney