Arise Quote by Rebecca West

For as good habits of the people require good laws to support them, so laws, to be observed, need good habits on the part…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.

— Ovid

Laws have come down to us from old customs and folk-ways based on primitive ideas of man's origin, capacity and responsibility.

— Clarence Darrow

“Laws are made for one purpose only (...) to hold us in check when our desires grow immoderate. As long as our desires are…

— J.M. Coetzee

We want laws to be applied predictably.

— Nancy Gibbs

...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.

— Massad Ayoob

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

— Michel de Montaigne

There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we may obey. We may study the laws of matter at…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Narendra Modi

Laws are there for a reason, and we have an obligation to follow them.

— Rod Rosenstein