Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not need laws at all, and bad men are made no better by them

Quote by Demonax The Cynic

Topics: Law And Lawyers Quotes, Mankind Quotes

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A good lawyer is a bad neighbor

A good lawyer is a bad neighbor

It seems to be a law of American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except...

It seems to be a law of American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except...

The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the...

The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the...

Young lawyers attend the courts not because they have business there but because they have...

Young lawyers attend the courts not because they have business there but because they have...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

The law: It has honored us; may we honor it

The law: It has honored us; may we honor it

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

Laws are no stronger than the devotion to them by the people who live under...

Laws are no stronger than the devotion to them by the people who live under...

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept...

Lawyers would have a hard time making a living if people behaved themselves and kept...

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of...

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...

That which is not just is not law.

That which is not just is not law.

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...