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Law Quotes by Edmund Burke
- Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
- We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
- All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
- Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
- There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity…
- In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the…
- Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a…
- A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins…
- People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have…
- In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of…
- The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.
- In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility, their law, their…
- The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
- It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not…
- To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is…
- It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.
- There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced…
- People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and…
- Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity
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- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- 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