Adapted Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform…

— Philip K. Howard

Is uniformitarianism necessary?

— Stephen Jay Gould

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.

— Marquis de Lafayette

All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at the expense…

— James Fenimore Cooper

“The law should not be a huge and weighty slab which falls upon a man and squashes him into a uniform shape, for men…

— Colleen McCullough

I believe that in public worship we should do well to be bound by no human rules, and constrained by no stereotyped order.

— Charles Spurgeon

“That’s why each of you wears a uniform. It’s more than just a piece of clothing. It has to be earned. To wear it…

— David Mack

My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform.

— Lewis Black

There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which…

— Charles Dickens