335 Quotes About Laws

What simply happens obeys no law.

Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful.

The law is not an ass but a chameleon in ass skin: it turns deathly black when around blacks and pristine white when around whites

The Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is a forum of legal fad and fashion.

القوانين لا تؤسس ولكنها تنظم بعد أن يكون هناك أساس -تعارضها أو غموضها مما يجعلها ثغرة أكثر منها سدة أمر هين بالتكامل التشريعي- ولكن هاوية الأخلاق دامسة لا أمل أن تري فيها ما تروي به ظمأك .

The overwhelming tendency of markets is to bring people together, break down prejudices, persuade people of the need to cooperate regardless of class, race, religion, sex/gender, and physical ability. The same is obviously and especially true of sexual orientation. It is the market that rewards people who put aside their biases and seek gains through trade. This is why states devoted to racialist and hateful policies always resort to violence in control of the marketplace.

We have laws in our country that tell us not to murder or steal and we have police that enforce them. The question is whether you personally need the police to watch you. If they disappeared would you begin killing and thieving because you know no one will come after you, or will you carry on not doing it because it is what you actually believe is right?

Worst is the man who has all the good adviceAnd then because his nerve fails, fails to actIn accordance with it, as a leader should. And equally to blameIs anyone who puts the personalAbove the overall thing, puts friendOr family first.

Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.