Law Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old law quotes, law sayings, and law proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws. Edward Abbey
Law is king of all. Henry Alford
Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing. John Arbuthnot
Surely we will not dare say that these laws are unjust, or rather, that they are not laws at all. For it seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. Augustine of Hippo
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life. Henry Ward Beecher
No civilization would ever have been possible without a framework of stability, to provide the wherein for the flux of change. Foremost among the stabilizing factors, more enduring than customs, manners and traditions, are the legal systems that regulate our life in the world and our daily affairs with each other. Hannah Arendt
Laws, like houses, lean on one another. Edmund Burke
Bad laws are the worst form of tyranny. Edmund Burke
Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder. Charles Caleb Colton
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time. Henry Ward Beecher
The law helps those who watch, not those who sleep. Proverb
Where the law is uncertain there is no law. Proverb
Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. Anacharsis
Laws are not invented. They grow out of circumstances. Azarias
Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them. Ward Becker
There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish. Alfred Adler
As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its rights. John Peter Altgeld
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community St. Thomas Aquinas
Judicial bodies provide a forum for truth telling Louise Arbour
The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it. Roger Nash Baldwin
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth? Charlotte Bronte
The law is hard, but it is the law. Cassandra Clare
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. Jules Verne
Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice Cicero Marcus Tullius
There are laws. There are rules. And when you break them, there are consequences. Laws of nature and laws of life. Laws of love and laws of death. Amy Harmon
No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel that binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time. Emma Goldman
But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at the exact same price. A certain island has a law that forbids anyone from removing its fruit. And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders. Lemony Snicket
Laws grind the poor and the rich men rule the law. Goldsmith
The law maker should not be a law breaker. D.V. Rangarajan
Law is a bottomless pit. J. Arbuthnot