Freedom quotes Quote by J.Adam Snyder

In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and…

— Solon

“For he who is a corrupter of the laws is more than likely to be a corrupter of the young and foolish portion of…

— Plato

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.

— Tacitus

“We hold there is no worse enemy to a state than he who keeps the law in his own hands.”

— Edith Hamilton

“How can you follow a law when it's makers were corrupt?”

— Segun Magbagbeola

“All the law is not in the hands of Giant Despair.”

— Anonymous

“In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Power does not corrupt people, people corrupt people.”

— William Gaddis

“The law or any practice that is not for the good of the people must be changed.”

— Sunday Adelaja

When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.

— Tacitus

“...that no matter how good their intentions, with absolute power comes corruption.”

— Gennifer Albin

“Yet if states were destroyed, local institutions corrupted, and economic incentives directed towards murder, few of us would behave well.”

— Timothy Snyder