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  • I call that law universal, which is conformable merely to dictates of nature; for there does exist naturally an universal sense of right and wrong, which, in a certain degree, all intuitively divine, even should no intercourse with each other, nor any compact have existed.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Law Quotes , Degrees Quotes
  • We are all bound thither; we are hastening to the same common goal. Black death calls all things under the sway of its laws. [Lat., Tendimus huc omnes; metam properamus ad unam. Omnia sub leges mors vocat atra suas.]
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ovid Quotes , Death Quotes , Law Quotes
  • It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Plato Quotes , Men Quotes , Law Quotes
  • Lawyers are shy of meddling with the Law on their own account: knowing it to be an edged tool of uncertain application, very expensive in the working, and rather remarkable for its properties of close shaving than for its always shaving the right person.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Law Quotes , Knowing Quotes
  • The United States, therefore, works to ensure that any actions we take are consistent with international laws and norms - including those reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention. It's worth remembering that our presence in the region is nothing new.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Sea Quotes , Law Quotes
  • I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.
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    Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Order Quotes , Law Quotes
  • Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Aeschines Quotes , Law Quotes , Tyrants Quotes