Quote by Philip K. Howard Download Open image ““Automatic law corrodes our freedom”” — Philip K. Howard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Laws don't limit freedom. Laws insure the freedoms of the majority. Laws are unjust when they serve to put the majority of the people… — Northern Adams Copy Share Image
“We must abandon our belief that human choice denigrates the Rule of Law.” — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“It must be freely admitted that there is a sort of circle here from which it seems impossible to escape. In the order of… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
When your response to everything that is wrong with the world is to say, 'there ought to be a law,' you are saying that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“We know that laws ought to be obeyed only if they come out of people's sense of justice, not because the state needs them… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
“You can't change laws without first changing human nature... You can't change human nature without first changing the law.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Plato argued that good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will always find a way around… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
We should stop looking to law to provide the final answer.... Law cannot save us from ourselves.... We have to go out and try… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
Human nature turns out to be more complicated than the idea that people will get along if only the rules are clear enough. Uncertainty,… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“Overthrow the bureaucracy, and return to a system based on human responsibility.” — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“By exiling human judgment in the last few decades, modern law changed role from useful tool to brainless tyrant. This legal regime will never… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“In 2010, 70 percent of federal tax revenue was consumed by three entitlement programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security)” — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
Coercion by government, the main fear of our founding fathers, is now its most common attribute. — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“We must abandon our belief that human choice denigrates the Rule of Law.” — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
We've been trained to squint into a legal microscope, hoping that we can judge any dispute against the standard of a perfect society where… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
Rights are not the language of democracy. Compromise is what democracy is about. Rights are the language of freedom, and are absolute because their… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
“Mindless rules, not accountable officials, are the enemy of freedom.” — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
