Committed Quote by Anthony Crosland

I fought for the rule of law in America.

— Joe Sestak

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.

— Ken Livingstone

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

— George Hammond

Unjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom.

— Ayn Rand

“I had no vote in the making of such a law, and I have no intention of abiding by it, either.”

— Jessica McCann

“Without law in some form, and, also, without butting up against that law, we cannot move forward easily or naturally. We have to have…

— Richard Rohr

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Finally, the loss of moral authority in the law means we have forfeited the rule oflaw and reverted to arbitrary human rule. The rule…

— Charles W. Colson

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect for right.

— Henry David Thoreau

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Are your principles not engraved in all hearts, and in order to learn your laws is it not enough to go back into oneself…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“If you want a world ruled by law and not by force you must build up, from the very grassroots, a respect for law.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt