Quotes on the topic: Laws


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There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.


It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.


Tiptoeing on a tightrope past insider trading laws may be deft and clever, but it doesn't make it right.


Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.


There are two worlds we live in: a material world, bound by the laws of physics, and the world inside our mind, which is just as important.


Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.


The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.


All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.


Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.


Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.


It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.


The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.


Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.


As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.


It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.


Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through.


Every lawsuit results from somebody doing something wrong. If everybody did right, we wouldn't need laws.


Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.


Laws are never as effective as habits.


Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.