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Laws Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law.
- The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves. Almost any…
- It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws.
- Is it not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they were made? Or…
- He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior as…
- Sometimes we are clarified and calmed healthily, as we never were before in our lives, not by an opiate, but by some unconscious obedience to…
- I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life…
- If we knew all the laws of Nature, we should need only fact, or the description of one actual phenomenon, to infer all the particular…
- Perchance, coming generations will not abide the dissolution of the globe, but, availing themselves of future inventions in aerial locomotion, and the navigation of space,…
- As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness…
- What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.
- It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself…
- If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a…
- Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or…
- I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life…
- The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature causes the unknown to reveal themselves.
- Surely the fates are forever kind, though Nature's laws are more immutable than anydespot's, yet to man's daily life they rarely seem rigid, butpermit him…
- Music is the sound of the universal laws promulgated. It is the only assured tone. There are in it such strains as far surpass any…
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