Law Quotes

Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it.

We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which through Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, and the English common law find their most famous expression in the American Declaration of Independence.

Bloodshed, gentlemen, no doubt is lamentable. I have seen some of it--more perhaps than many of those who talk about it with such levity. But there are worse things than bloodshed, even on an extreme scale. . . . The trampling down of law and order which, under the conditions of a civilised state, assure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--all this would be worse than bloodshed.

Harsh laws are at times better than no laws at all.

Until the 'Stand Your Ground' law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again.

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press.

Religion and law try to escape from criticism, religion by saying that it is divine and law by showing that it is powerful.

Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

In this world, hate never yet dispelled hate, only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible. You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel.

Among all shravakas and pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas are the foremost. So is the Lotus Sutra; among all sutras, it is the foremost! Just as the Buddha is the King of the Law; so is the Lotus Sutra, it is the King of all Sutras!

Dharma is law in its widest sense-spiritual, moral, ethical and temporal. Every individual, whether the ruler or the ruled, is governed by his or her own dharma. To the extent that society respected dharma, society protected itself; to the extent society offended it, society undermined.

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.