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Laws Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
- Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the…
- There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
- Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to…
- No tyranny is more cruel than the one practised in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice - when, so to speak,…
- When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because…
- When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
- Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
- Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
- Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
- We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and…
- Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
- The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
- Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought…
- One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our…
- ...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
- Very good laws may be ill timed.
More Laws 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
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
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- 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
- Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws. — Michael Badnarik
- I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to… — Michael Badnarik
- If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold… — Abigail Adams
- The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as… — Mikhail Bakunin
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