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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. on Law

“The life of the law has not been logic it has been experience.”

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Theodore Roosevelt

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“No man is above the law, and no man is below it.”

John Adams

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“A government of laws, and not of men”

Cicero

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“In time of war the laws are silent.”

Ambrose Bierce

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“Appeal in law: to put the dice into the box for another throw.”

Arthur Miller

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“When the law is wrong it's because it's unnatural, but in this case it is natural and a river will drown you if you buck...”

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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“If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

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“If you want a world ruled by law and not by force you must build up, from the very grassroots, a respect for law.”

Émile Durkheim

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“When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.”

Herbert Hoover

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“If the law is upheld only by government officials then all law is at an end.”

Voltaire

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“If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.”

Hunter S. Thompson

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

Jonathan Swift

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“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.”

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