Foundation Quote by Anonymous

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

— William Blackstone

“If moral truths do not exist as a foundation for law, then law itself becomes merely a system of raw political power accountable to…

— Scott Klusendorf

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept

— Robert Bork

The law is the foundation of our society.

— William Barr

The law functions as formal embodiment of a moral code, not as free-standing substitute for it.

— Mark Steyn

The moral law is simply the way we think our own freedom as self-determination.

— Allen W. Wood

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

— Paul Ricoeur

The most fundamental principle of the law is that it must apply equally to everyone.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

“Moral law is an invention of mankind for the disenfranchisement of the powerful in favor of the weak.”

— Cormac McCarthy

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

— George Edward Moore

“1951. Law is a rule of conduct enacted by competent authority for the sake of the common good. The moral law presupposes the rational…

— The Catholic Church

A moral principle is not a command to act or to forbear acting in a given way: it is a tool for analyzing a…

— John Dewey