Laws are silent in time of war.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
Author: Aristotle
Source: Politics
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Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.
Author: Plato
Source:
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The more laws, the less justice.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Pity is the virture of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
Author: William Shakespeare
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Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Author: Albert Einstein
Source:
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The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Measure for Measure", Act 2 scene 2
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The good of the people is the greatest law.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
Author: Aristotle
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The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Law is order, and good law is good order.
Author: Aristotle
Source: Politics
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The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be.
Author: Lao Tzu
Source: The Way of Lao-tzu
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Law is mind without reason.
Author: Aristotle
Source:
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The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Source: Pro Milone
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