Laws Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about laws.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Almost all the crimes punished by the law are due to hunger.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Laws have been made for the good of the citizens.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The supreme law is the good of the people.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The law has not been established by the ingenuity of men, nor by the command of the peoples, but it is something eternal that governs the Universe with the wisdom of commanding and forbidding.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The law is, therefore, the distinction between just and unjust things, expressed in accordance with that ancient and primal nature of things.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If laws were made by men, or by the judgments of judges, it would be legal to kill, steal, commit adultery, etc.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Let us be slaves to the laws, in order to be free.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The health of the people lies in the supremacy of the law.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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When men are pure, laws are useless; when they are corrupt, laws are broken.

Ángel Ganivet

Ángel Ganivet

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To eradicate bad practices, the law is much less useful than individual efforts.

Fray Antonio de Guevara

Fray Antonio de Guevara

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A good judge should not twist the laws to fit their condition, but rather twist their condition to fit the laws.