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Law Quotes by Calvin Coolidge
- It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than…
- We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America…
- A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must be independent and…
- Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help to sustain ideals…
- In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
- We do not need more material development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more moral power. We…
- Men do not make laws. They do but discover them.
- I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
- One with the law is a majority.
- Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
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- There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong
- This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me… — Joe Arpaio
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson