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“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
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“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
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“Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre

“Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?鈥� asked Scrimgeour.
鈥淣o, I鈥檓 not,鈥� retorted Hermione. 鈥淚鈥檓 hoping to do some good in the world!”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
鈥淣o, I鈥檓 not,鈥� retorted Hermione. 鈥淚鈥檓 hoping to do some good in the world!”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.”
― Yasalar 脺zerine
― Yasalar 脺zerine

“I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.”
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“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.”
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“Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings

“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.”
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“Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth

“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
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“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.”
― The Art of the Rifle
― The Art of the Rifle
“Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.”
― Seriously... I'm Kidding
― Seriously... I'm Kidding

“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.”
― The Republic
― The Republic

“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished.
But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.”
― The Portable John Adams
But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.”
― The Portable John Adams

“Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”
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“Justice? -You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.”
― A Frolic of His Own
― A Frolic of His Own
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