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

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Law Quotes, Legislation Quotes

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty...

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty...

Business is the salt of life.

Business is the salt of life.

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally...

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Books are immortal sons deifying their sires

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.