Good Laws Quotes

31 quotes by 25 authors

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and there are occasionally bad laws,… — Alexander Bickel
All good government must begin at home. It is useless to make good laws for bad people; what is wanted is this, to subdue the… — Hugh Reginald Haweis
The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. — William E. Gladstone
The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of… — Alexander Hamilton
I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of… — George Washington
Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws. — Aristotle
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions. — Charles Macklin
Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible for… — Algernon Sidney
I know some say, let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them: but let them consider, that though good… — Patrick Henry
History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in… — Benjamin Franklin
There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws. — Andrew Johnson
Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government. — Aristotle
The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet. — Wendell Phillips
Good morals lead to good laws. — Chuck Norris
A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls -… — Mark Helprin
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good… — Niccolo Machiavelli
We do not need to get good laws to restrain bad people. We need to get good people to restrain us from bad laws. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones. — Voltaire

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