Arise Quote by Diogenes Laertius

Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.

— Seneca the Younger

The unwritten law - the common law

— Latin Proverb

Certain laws have not been written, but they are more fixed than all the written laws.

— Seneca the Younger

Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will…

— Anacharsis

Written laws are formulas in which we endeavor to express as concisely as possible that which, under such or such determined circumstances, natural justice…

— Victor Cousin

The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the organization of…

— Aristotle

The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be a lawful…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it is impossible…

— Aristotle

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest.…

— Thomas Jefferson

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest.…

— Thomas Jefferson

We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered without…

— Olaf Stapledon

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the…

— Thomas Aquinas