Books Quote by John Adams

You cannot judge a book by its contents.

— Jon Stewart

Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.

— Robert Owen

General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.

— Robert J. Sawyer

Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.

— Benvenuto Cellini

There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration of all…

— John Adams

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.

— Umberto Eco

“judicial system has no tradition of researching the effectiveness of its punishments.”

— D.F. Swaab

A book which, above all others in the world, should be forbidden, is a catalogue of forbidden books.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

— Julia Alvarez

Studied law, but not qualified to practice it.

— Frank Zappa

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

— Rebecca West

The book has never been written which is to be accepted without any allowance.

— Henry David Thoreau