“In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sa”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
Plato
“The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.”
Henry David Thoreau
“A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.”
Patrick Murray
“People must help one another; it is nature's law.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
James Madison
“Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.”
Louis D. Brandeis