"Manners are stronger than laws" — Thomas Carlyle

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• The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
• Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
• Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
• This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to… — Joe Arpaio
• In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep… — Julian Assange
• Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. — Francis Bacon
• Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
• Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun… — Michael Badnarik
• I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your… — Michael Badnarik
• If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will… — Abigail Adams
• The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized… — Mikhail Bakunin
• We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and… — Christian Bale

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