Character Quote by Robert Bork

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

— William Blackstone

Moral principle is the foundation of law.

— Anonymous

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The idea that laws decide what is right or wrong is mistaken in general. Laws are, at their best, an attempt to achieve justice;…

— Richard Stallman

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

There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them

— Jonathan Swift

The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but…

— Edgar Quinet

As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes…

— Anonymous

The whole drift of our law is toward the absolute prohibition of all ideas that diverge in the slightest form from the accepted platitudes,…

— H. L. Mencken

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

— Emile Durkheim

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