Cases Quote by Thomas Hobbes

It would be a narrow conception of jurisprudence to confine the notion of 'laws' to what is found written on the statute books, and…

— Felix Frankfurter

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice,…

— Edmund Burke

Doing a thing by law, or according to law, is only carrying the law into execution. And punishing a man by, or according to,…

— Lysander Spooner

Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws:…

— Baron de Montesquieu

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary…

— Han Fei

Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate,…

— William Blackstone

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not…

— Thomas Jefferson

Law is king of all.

— Henry Alford

“Law in its ideal form might be described as a ‘once-and-for-all’ command that is directed to unknown people and that is abstracted from all…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.

— Isaiah

A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts — a 'bundle…

— Joseph McCabe

“1951. Law is a rule of conduct enacted by competent authority for the sake of the common good. The moral law presupposes the rational…

— The Catholic Church