Quotes about Law

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Ps. 119:34.

They had witnessed the proclamation of the law in awful

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.

By the law of Christ, every man is bound to love his neighbour as himself; but every servant is a neighbour of every civil lord; therefore every civil lord must love any of his servants as himself; but by natural instinct, every lord abhors slavery; therefore, by the law of charity, he is bound not to impose slavery on any brother in Christ.

the way to inscribe the will of God on the hearts of people in this world is not by way of law or vote but by way of redemption through Jesus. Jesus' kingdom vision is for his redeemed people and for them alone.

Jesus himself was law observant, but what distinguished his praxis was that he did so through the law of double love. To do the Torah through love is to do all the Torah says and more.

the laws of God, like the law of gravity, do not depend upon how I feel about them.

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.

Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.

So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is. Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code.

Necessity knows no law.

The 'Memphis Avalanche' reports that the Professor's course met with pretty general approval in the community; knowing that the law was powerless, in the actual condition of public sentiment, to protect him, he protected himself.