Quotes about Law

... the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.

The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy.

I flatter myself [we] have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.

I would hope that we can load our moral computers with three elements of integrity: 1. Dealing justly with oneself. 2. Dealing justly with others. 3. Recognizing the law of the harvest.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

Divine Law is not subject nor affected by the majority vote of humanity

One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.

Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?

There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It is merely a figment of the imagination of infidels.

Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect independence contending for dependence.

In times of danger large groups rise to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, courage and sacrifice... Mankind will be refashioned and history rewritten when this law is understood and obeyed.

without prophecy, without divine revelation or vision, people will cast off all restraint. They will run wild because they have no guidance—no vision. The Word of God—His law—provides vision and guidance for living, and those who follow it are blessed. All people need a vision to sustain them in life.