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Law Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey…
- There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.
- There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is…
- ... the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.
- We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.
- Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to…
- The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It destroys communities and makes humanity impossible. It creates bitterness in the survivors…
- One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.
- A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that…
- If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying…
- We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind...…
- We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.” It…
- It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless.
- So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind…
- There is something in this universe that justifies the biblical writer in saying, "You shall reap what you sow." This is a law-abiding universe. This…
- Our world hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so. God has made the universe to be based on a moral law. So long…
- A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part…
- We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life;…
- Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the…
- I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
- Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block…
- An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the…
- That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
- It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's…
- One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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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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- 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
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- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson