Written Law Quotes
- A minimal level of sportsman ethics afield is mandated by written law. Beyond that, say, when an action is legal but ethically questionable, or when… — David Petersen
- The law of self-preservation is higher than written law. — Thomas Jefferson
- Without the basis in written law, and without the basis in our Constitution ratified by the people, judges can't make laws. And if we accept… — Alan Keyes
- If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law –… — Lee Kuan Yew
- Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are… — Thomas Jefferson
- For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other… — Simon Wiesenthal
- A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The… — Thomas Jefferson
- No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. — Carrie Chapman Catt
- And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe. — Fawn Hall