Unjust Law Quotes

14 Unjust Law quotes by 7 unique authors

It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. — Saint Augustine
There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that… — Martin Luther
If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural god-given unalienable or… — Harlan F. Stone
One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. — Mahatma Gandhi
Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence whatsoever… — Lysander Spooner
A unjust law, is no law at all. — Martin Luther
When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should… — Mahatma Gandhi
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for it breach is more so. — Mahatma Gandhi
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who Wrote These Unjust Law Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 14 Unjust Law Quotes as follows: