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Law Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- The improvement of life was only accomplished to the extent to which it was based on a change of consciousness, that is, to the extent…
- Where is there any book of the law so clear to each man as that written in his heart?
- The wrongfulness, the immorality of eating animal food has been recognized by all mankind during all the conscious life of humanity. Why, then have people…
- At one time,' Golenishchev continued, either not observing or not willing to observe that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, 'at one time a…
- Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty…
- In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming a divine right…
- There is one evident, indubitable manifestation of the Divinity, and that is the laws of right which are made known to the world through Revelation.
- Through the influence of real art, aided by science, guided by religion... peaceful co-operation of man is now obtained by external means - by law…
- The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside…
- Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.
- The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.
- It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries—and that men attribute the greatest…
- But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
- A free thinker used to be a man who had been educated on ideas of religion, law, morality, and had arrived at free thought by…
- Where did I get it from? Was it by reason that I attained to the knowledge that I must love my neighbour and not throttle…
- What are wanted ...are not Constitutions and Revolutions, nor all sorts of Conferences and Congresses, nor the many ingenious devices for submarine navigation and aerial…
- As soon as men live entirely in accord with the law of love natural to their hearts and now revealed to them, which excludes all…
- The law of violence is not a law, but a simple fact which can only be a law when it does not meet with protest…
- The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction...the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If…
- Only greatly insolent people establish a religious law which is to be taken for granted by others, which should be accepted by everyone on faith,…
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
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- 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