“The more corrupt the state, the more laws.”
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
Plato
“Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.”
Mark Twain
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.”
Albert Einstein
“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
Ayn Rand
“No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it”
Theodore Roosevelt