Lawlessness Quotes

36 Lawlessness quotes by 34 unique authors

The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness. — George Eliot
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the… — Robert Kennedy
We, the workers and inhabitants of St Petersburg, of various estates, our wives, our children, and our aged, helpless parents, come to THEE, O SIRE… — Orlando Figes
History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect… — Ronald Reagan
We're in a state of crisis where our nation is literally ripping apart at the seams right now, and lawlessness is occurring from one ocean… — Michele Bachmann
Where a harsh law rules, people yearn for lawlessness. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
What happened to California will release a spirit that is more demonic than Islam, a spirit of lawlessness and anarchy. And a sexual insanity will… — Lou Engle
If the foundation of a well-ordered society is a healthy, happy home, then the problem of lawlessness will not be solved by more laws or… — Unknown Author
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. — Xunzi
I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of… — Matt Gonzalez
Vast multitudes of professing Christians fit into the category spoken of here. They call Jesus 'Lord,' but they practice lawlessness. They profess faith in Jesus,… — Ray Comfort
Do not handicap yourself with the idea of revenge, for the trend of things will revenge your wrong not only upon the individuals responsible for… — Vidkun Quisling
Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as… — Isocrates
Jury lawlessness is the greatest corrective of law in its actual administration. — Roscoe Pound
War is not the only form of violence imposed on people through inadequate social arrangements. Â There is also hunger, poverty and scarcity. Â The… — Jacque Fresco
Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness. — Emanuel Celler
...the pretense is made, as it has been made in relation to the finding of any extension of truth, that to do away with right… — Brock Chisholm
Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy. — Thurgood Marshall
The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also an era of… — R.J. Rushdoony
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. — Xunzi
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in… — Mahatma Gandhi
In 1938, after Austria, our universe had become accustomed to inhumanity, to lawlessness, and brutality as never in centuries before. In a former day the… — Stefan Zweig
The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit. — Lincoln Steffens
Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are fighting for their… — John Cage
... there are moments in which the teacher, as the authority talks to the learners, says what must be done, establishes limits without which the… — Paulo Freire

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