LAW/JUSTICE

When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is happy.

Proverbs 29:18

To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them. Young people who obey the law are wise; those who seek out worthless companions bring shame to their parents. The prayers of a person who ignores the law are despised.

Proverbs 28:4, 7, 9

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Benjamin Franklin

The welfare of the people is the highest law.

Cicero

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis on the observance of the law than they do on its enforcement.

Calvin Coolidge

No law has ever been passed that will keep a man from acting the fool.

Men fight for freedom and then start making laws to get rid of it.

Never forget the fact that ignorance of the law is what keeps our higher courts functioning.

Of all the laws we have to contend with, the most troublesome are usually the in-laws.

The arm of the law needs a little more muscle.

Too many laws are passed—then bypassed.

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

William Pitt

We need tougher child abuse laws; parents have taken enough abuse from their children.

Strict enforcement of the law against pollution of the air should result in fewer, shorter, and better political speeches.