Cement Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adoptedby the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“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

When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to understand, justify,…

— Jimmy Carter

So long as society is founded on injustice, the function of the laws will be to defend injustice. And the more unjust they are…

— Anatole France

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made…

— Pope Pius XI

All that is good is not embodied in the law; and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law. A well-disciplined society…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

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

— Frédéric Bastiat

Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.

— Amity Shlaes

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

Our system is not one of justice, but of law

— Edna Buchanan

Members of society must obey the law because they personally believe that its commands are justified.

— David L. Bazelon

The universal and absolute law is that natural justice which cannot be written down, but which appeals to the hearts of all.

— Victor Cousin