Law Quote by N.K. Jemisin

The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.

— Walter Raleigh

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity: there is no law juster than that.

— Thomas Carlyle

Necessity has no law.

— Oliver Cromwell

“A state of inactivity was never mean for man…There are hours when I feel unequal to the trial...Let no person say what they would…

— Lynne Withey

The law says you cannot touch, but I see a lot of lawbreakers up in this house.

— Matthew McConaughey

“The letter of the law says, “Let them glean.” The spirit of the law says, “Feed them.” Two entirely different concepts. Ruth’s bold proposal…

— Carolyn Custis James

“The law says I own that land, and the law, we are told, is what makes us men under God instead of beasts in…

— Bernard Cornwell

... do not listen to vain and empty talk, in which the majority of world-loving people spend their time, and do not take pleasure…

— Lorenzo Scupoli

“There were twelve in all in the party, five adults and six children—and Ona, who was a little of both. They had a hard…

— Upton Sinclair

Instead of focusing on what the law says about trans people, which is really what the law is saying about itself as a protector…

— Dean Spade

You can't make people stop loving each other just because a law says it's wrong.

— Liz Kessler