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Laws Quotes by Edmund Burke
- Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
- All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
- Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
- Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a…
- A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins…
- People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have…
- In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of…
- The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.
- The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
- To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is…
- People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and…
- Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a…
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
- 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
- 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
- We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he… — Christian Bale