Quotes about laws
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John Adams1735–1826Novanglus Essays (1774–1775), No. 7- John Adams1735–1826A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787), Ch. 1 Marchamont Nedham: The Right Constitution of a Commonwealth Examined
- John Adams1735–1826A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (1787-88), vol. 3, ch. 1
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906Account of Matilda Joslyn Gage (June 20, 1873) to Kansas Leavenworth Times (July 3, 1873)America! America!
God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.When laws, customs, or institutions cease to be beneficial to man, they cease to be obligatory.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Life Thoughts (1858), p. 54
Jeremy Bentham1748–1832Principles of Legislation (1830), Ch. X: Analysis of Political Good and Evil; How they are spread in societyPrisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.
William Blake1757–1827Proverbs of Hell, Line 21
Bertolt Brecht1898–1956The Threepenny Opera (1928), Act 3, scene 1 (Peachum)
Edmund Burke1729–1797Speech at Bristol Previous to the Election (6 September 1780), quoted in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. II (1855), p. 148- Edmund Burke1729–1797From the Tracts Relative to the Laws Against Popery in Ireland (c. 1766), not published during Burke’s lifetime.
“Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.”
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Remarks at the 100th Anniversary Luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (4 May 1978)
