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Laws Quotes by Mark Twain
- Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws are…
- Well - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite one, there are not vaguenesses about it. It commands that the brother…
- There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press
- Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. That is where the true evil lies.
- Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution.
- Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.
- Those people.... early stricken of God, intellectually - the departmental interpreters of the laws in Washington... can always be depended on to take any reasonably…
- If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would…
- The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse…
- You see, he knew his own laws just as other people so often know the laws: by words, not by effects. They take a meaning,…
- The laws of Nature take precedence of all human laws. The purpose of all human laws is one - to defeat the laws of Nature.…
- That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of…
- Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
- Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
- You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.
- Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of…
- Where every man in a state has a vote, brutal laws are impossible.
- In my experience, only third-rate intelligence is sent to Legislatures to make laws, because the first-rate article will not leave important private interests go unwatched…
- There is no end to the laws, and no beginning to the execution of them
- Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all…
- Let me make the superstitionsof a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
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