Circumstances Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

— Woodrow T Wilson

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

— Joseph Joubert

The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and…

— William Blackstone

Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.

— Epictetus

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to…

— Oliver Cromwell

Necessity knows no law; I know some attorneys of the same.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Pure sensism leads inevitably to universal doubt; if reality is in the end reducible to sensible appearance, then, since this is in a state…

— Étienne Gilson

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest.…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A court of law is not constituted to establish the truth.”

— P.D. James

“… simplicity is the key to almost everything. If something can be simply stated and simply understood, it will generally translate into a working…

— Courtenay Bryce

“No one will seek the highest [things] if he believes that there is no truth, that nothing is his fault, and that government will…

— James V. Schall

“True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands,…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero