law - quotes

William Blake, 1757-1827

was an English engraver, illustrator, and poet

When men were first a nation grown,
Lawless they liv'd, till wantonness
And liberty began t' increase,
And one man lay in another's way;
Then laws were made to keep fair play.

( Poem “Blind Man's Buff” )

Anatole France (François-Anatole Thibault), 1844-1924

was a French novelist

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread.

George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

was an Irish dramatist and socialist

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.

Plato, ca. 427 BC-ca. 347 BC

was a Greek author and philosopher in Athens

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

was an US (German-born) physicist

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.