Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2014-05-25 May 23, 2014There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.~ Hubert H. HumphreyI often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there it needs no constitution, no law, no courts to save it.~ Judge Learned HandGood people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.~ Plato May 22, 2014The more laws, the less justice.~ Marcus Tullius CiceroWe have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral ideal and achieve it merely by law.~ Dwight D. EisenhowerWhen dealing with a legal matter - always remember that you are your own best advocate. No one will care as much about the case as you do. Use lawyers but remember - you must take primary responsibility for a successful outcome.~ Grant D. Fairley May 21, 2014The more laws the more offenders.~ Dr. Thomas FullerIf you have 10,000 regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.~ Sir Winston ChurchillThe minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.~ Will Rogers May 20, 2014It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions make it impossible to earn a living.~ Bertrand RussellWhen is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.~ Jessica MitfordNone can love freedom but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope than under tyrants.~ John Milton May 19, 2014Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.~ John Stuart MillThe winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.~ Edward GibbonWe judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print