Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
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Laws were made to be broken.
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The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
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Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.
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Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual without having to pay the penalty for it
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It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States
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We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue to change, in its substance and practical working even when its words remain the same
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It seems to be a law of American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic
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Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
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In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sa
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Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go into business? E
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I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.
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The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts.
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Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
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There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude.
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My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law.
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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community
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The chief foundations of all states.. Are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms.. Where there are good arms there must be good laws..
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The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
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The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms - you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow
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Petty laws breed great crimes
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In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law
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