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Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.
Confucius551–479 BCAnalects, Chapter II
- Laws
- Leadership
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind
Joseph Conrad1857–1924Lord Jim (1900), Chapter 14In context
- Justice
- Laws
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), PreambleIn context
- America
- Liberty
The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), Article IIIn context
- Laws
- Presidency
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), Article IIIIn context
- Enemies
- Laws
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any state to the Contrary notwithstanding.
CCConstitutional ConventionThe Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787), Article VIIn context
- Laws
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
- Democracy
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Telegram to AFL president Samuel Gompers (14 September 1919); concerning the 1919 Boston Police strike.
- Work
If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Speech on the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1926)
- America
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis on the observance of the law than they do on its enforcement.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Address before the Women’s National Committee for Law Enforcement; as quoted in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 87 (1933)
- Laws
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
Aleister Crowley1875–1947The Book of the Law (1904), III:60
- Freedom
- Laws
There’s something more powerful than bombs, and that’s your vote. People must vote!
Robert De Niroborn 1943Catherine Shoad, “Robert De Niro: ‘Votes are more powerful than bombs’”, The Guardian, (October 26, 2018)
- Voting
The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926in Debs (1971), p. 75
- Power