Higher Law Quotes

18 quotes by 12 authors

• Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. — Boethius
• A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit. — Mahatma Gandhi
• If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may… — Walter Lippmann
• Going around this country, I have found a great hunger in America for spiritual revival; for a belief that law must be based on a… — Ronald Reagan
• Goddammit. Yeah, I have. First, there's a huge difference between being arrested and being guilty. Second, see, the law changes and I don't. How I… — Hunter S. Thompson
• There is a higher law than the Constitution. — William H. Seward
• To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law - the law… — Thomas Merton
• The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a… — William H. Seward
• But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. — William H. Seward
• There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. — Walter Lippmann
• What is wanted is men of principle, who recognize a higher law than the decision of the majority. The marines and the militia whose bodies… — Henry David Thoreau
• The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest… — Mahatma Gandhi
• I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under… — Mahatma Gandhi
• The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down on their task… — Theodore Roosevelt
• There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. — Stokely Carmichael
• One of the blessings that comes from paying a full tithing is developing faith to live an even higher law. To live in the celestial… — Henry B. Eyring
• There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil - remain detached from the great — Walter Lippmann

Who Wrote These Higher Law Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 18 Higher Law Quotes as follows:

• 3 Higher Law Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
• 3 Higher Law Quotes by Walter Lippmann
• 3 Higher Law Quotes by William H. Seward
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Thomas Merton
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Henry David Thoreau
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Stokely Carmichael
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Henry B. Eyring
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Boethius
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Ronald Reagan
• 1 Higher Law Quote by Hunter S. Thompson