Unjust Law Quotes
14 Unjust Law quotes by 7 unique authors
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
— Saint Augustine
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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.
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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
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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
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One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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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
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A unjust law, is no law at all.
— Martin Luther
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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
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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
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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.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for it breach is more so.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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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: