“Necessity gives the law, but does not itself submit to it”
Publilius Syrus
“Useless laws weaken necessary laws”
Charles de Montesquieu
“Necessity knows no law; I know some attorneys of the same”
Benjamin Franklin
“Our necessities never equal our wants”
“Necessity knows no law”
Mark Twain
“Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities . . . are the greatest cozenage that men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.”
Oliver Cromwell
“Necessity has no law.”
