Appeared Quote by Leon Bourgeois

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man…

— Bertrand Russell

The only law which is really lived up to wholeheartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity.

— Henry Miller

Laws, however divine in origin and institution, would be found of little coercion among men, were the administration of them not committed to mortals.

— Norm MacDonald

Our rule is the works of mercy... It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence.

— Dorothy Day

Virtually all of the civil laws in all of the world's societies are based on what humanity, in the earliest days, believed to be…

— Neale Donald Walsch

In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“1951. Law is a rule of conduct enacted by competent authority for the sake of the common good. The moral law presupposes the rational…

— The Catholic Church

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Look at the history of civil laws in our world and the source from which they emerged, and you will see that the vast…

— Neale Donald Walsch

... the common law existed while the Anglo-Saxons were yet pagans, at a time when they had never yet heard the name of Christ…

— Thomas Jefferson

Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far too many…

— Jerry Bridges

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