Alternatives Quote by Frederic Bastiat

“When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense,…

— Frédéric Bastiat

“Our law and our morality contradict one another.”

— Joseph Befumo

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of society. For one man to disobey…

— Robert Kennedy

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

— William Blackstone

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.

— C. S. Lewis

Laws directed against opinions affect the generous-minded rather than the wicked, and are adapted less for coercing criminals than for irritating the upright.

— Baruch Spinoza

“No society can exist unless the laws are respected to a certain degree, but the safest way to make them respected is to make…

— Bastiat, Frederick

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

— Otto von Bismarck