Commonwealth Quote by Tacitus Download Open image “Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt” — Tacitus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Commonwealth Corruption Law Libertarian
Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The crime of bribery of foreign officials is an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code. — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Like the water of a deep stream, love is always too much. We did not make it. Though we drink till we burst, we… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Brian Mulroney, myself, [and] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core [of the Commonwealth ]. That was the engine room, I reckon. — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
Members in the Commonwealth of God are not bound together by the specifics of their religion, for the nature of our interdependency does not… — Forrest Church Copy Share Image
I would like to thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for the very fair manner in which this matter has been dealt with. — Kim Collins Copy Share Image
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth. — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as a kind of common property which,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth. — Julius Caesar Copy Share Image
The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile. — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting… — Jack Straw Copy Share Image