Law Quote by James A. Michener

The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but…

— Edgar Quinet

“Although a legal system is rooted in the values of its society, it also has an independent dynamic, with principles, language, and rules of…

— Joel P. Trachtman

The law is the foundation of our society.

— William Barr

“Space and time emerge from the laws rather than providing an arena in which things happen.”

— Lee Smolin

“The rational study of law is still to a large extent the study of history. History must be a part of the study, because…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

“The individual case does not serve only to confirm a law from which practical predictions can be made. Its ideal is rather to understand…

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

“a law is but a deduction from experience and experiment, and therefore laws must conform with historical facts, not facts with law.”

— Immanuel Velikovsky

“Even when the laws have been written down, they ought not always remain unchanged.”

— Aristotle

“Every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the part of the people, and ours is no exception.”

— James Baldwin

“The law as it is considered as a rule can be no more abolished or changed than the nature of good and evil can…

— Samuel Bolton

“The Law works in the most mysterious of ways.”

— Robin S. Sharma

“In a truly moral society, most of our current laws would not exist.”

— Michel Templet