Quotes about Law

Theft is punished by Thy law, O Lord, and the law written in the hearts of men, which iniquity itself effaces not. For what thief will abide a thief? not even a rich thief, one stealing through want. Yet I lusted to thieve, and did it, compelled by no hunger, nor poverty, but through a cloyedness of well-doing, and a pamperedness of iniquity. For I stole that, of which I had enough, and much better. Nor cared I to enjoy what I stole, but joyed in the theft and sin itself.

An unjust law is no law at all.

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident.

An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth a fact that is recognized by the law of libel .

He in whom the love of truth predominates . . . submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion; but he is a candidate for truth . . . and respects the highest law of his being.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

The Law is God. Anything attributed to Him is not a mere attribute. He is Truth, Love, Law and a million things that human ingenuity can name.

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not of God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident.

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

The Christian should be able to say with the psalmist, 'Oh, how I love your law.'

In fact, there are many more Fury in Haven Valley than in most places. Sylous first opened your eyes to the same fear that's always existed in the whole world, then promised to hide it from you if you follow the law. He's a spirit of religion.

The ragamuffin who sees his life as a voyage of discovery and runs the risk of failure has a better feel for faithfulness than the timid man who hides behind the law and never finds out who he is at all.