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  • For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manner that laws may be maintained. [It., Perche, cosi come i buoni costumi, per mantenersi, hanno bisogno delli leggi; cosi le leggi per ossevarsi, hanno bisogno de' buoni costumi.]
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Law Quotes , Good Man Quotes
  • We legislate against forestalling and monopoly; we would have a common granary for the poor; but the selfishness which hoards thecorn for high prices, is the preventative of famine; and the law of self-preservation is surer policy than any legislation can be.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Self Quotes , Law Quotes
  • The same would be true for something like Social Security, where historically, if you just read the law and the fact that it excluded domestic workers or agricultural workers, you might not see race in it, unless you knew that that covered a huge chunk of African Americans, particularly in the South.
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    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Race Quotes , Law Quotes