Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

... I think this Law, by which I am punished, is both unreasonable in itself, and particularly severe... Polly Baker

Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.

Where there is hunger, law is not regarded; and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger.

Where there's no law, there's no bread.