Authority Quote by Michel de Montaigne

The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have…

— Michel de Montaigne

Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of…

— Anonymous

Laws are the DNA of government. They must evolve with time.

— Narendra Modi

Laws are no stronger than the devotion to them by the people who live under them

— Fred Rodell

Laws gain their authority from actual possession and custom: it is perilous to go back to their origins; laws, like our rivers, get greater…

— Michel de Montaigne

The Law is God. Anything attributed to Him is not a mere attribute. He is Truth, Love, Law and a million things that human…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws:…

— Baron de Montesquieu

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

A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.

— Chaim Weizmann

Laws are man-made! They can be faulty, they can be childish, they can be ridiculous, they can be silly and they can even be…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

— Rebecca MacKinnon