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Law Quotes - Page 159

An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws.

Thomas Paine (2016). “THE AMERICAN CRISIS – Revolutionary Work Which Inspired the American People to Fight for Their Independence: Including “The Life of Thomas Paine” – Extensive Biography of the Author”, p.557, e-artnow

Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.

Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.224, Cambridge University Press

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

Theodore Roosevelt (1904). “The Roosevelt Doctrine: Beng the Personal Utterances of the President on Various Matters of Vital Interest, Authoritatively Arranged for Reference in Their Logical Sequence; a Brief Summary of the Principles of American Citizenship and Government”

When the law disarms good guys, bad guys rejoice.

Ted Nugent (2001). “God, Guns & Rock'N'Roll”, p.19, Regnery Publishing

Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2567, Manonmani Publishers

Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.

Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get.

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.343, Simon and Schuster