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Laws Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to whoever arranges to…
- The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.
- Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in three different ways.…
- Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their…
- Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their…
- He who has annexed them [some principalities], if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one that the…
- Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed,…
- For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.
- The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good…
- It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they…
- It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success,…
- In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have…
- The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms...…
- I shall always esteem it not much to live in a city where the laws do less than men, because that fatherland is desirable where…
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- 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