Quotes About Law

God is Love but He also is the Lawgiver

The system is religion, the law is spirituality. Take your pick.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.

The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.

A child who has been taught to respect the laws of God will have little difficulty respecting the laws of men.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

Equality is not in the natural order of things, and the crusade to make everyone equal in every respect (except before the law) is certain to have disastrous consequences.

When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.

If you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.

I respect a system that says we're going to put every bit of pressure on anybody we have to put it on to get to the drug dealer who is bringing his poison into the country.

Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life.

The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.

People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.

Dr. King once said, "You cannot legislate goodness, and you cannot pass a law to force someone to respect you. The only way to social justice, in a capitalist country, is through economic parity."

We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.

Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law.

As a former cop, I respect and appreciate those who've dedicated their lives to serving others as well as those who appreciate the rule of law and honor it.

We respect law, when the law respects our needs. Whenever legality clashes with morality, legality should be opposed and morality should be upheld.

The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice.

I pledge to respect and protect the constitution and the law of my country and to carry out my duties to the best of my ability.

The State shall make no law with respect to the establishment of education.