Customs Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

At some point, the law has to command respect, and there is a lawful way to change it.

— Amul Thapar

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law depends....

— George Bernard Shaw

Manners are stronger than laws

— Thomas Carlyle

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology shows the…

— Millicent Fenwick

Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people whom they are meant to benefit, and not imposed upon them…

— Edmund Spenser

Bad laws make bad customs.

— Jane Aiken Hodge

As the world around us changes, our laws must change too.

— Nicky Morgan

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular

— Benjamin Disraeli

You can't change laws without first changing human nature.

— Neal Shusterman

Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.

— Mark Twain

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

— Anonymous