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Law Quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.
- Thus far women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are…
- Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its…
- American women of wealth, education, virtue and refinement, if you do not wish the lower orders of Chinese, Africans, Germans and Irish, with their low…
- No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must…
- To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work;…
- Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
- Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for…
- That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while…
- The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation…
- To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
- The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.
More Law Quotes
- 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