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A law is a law, and it has to be respected.

The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured. Law has always been the name of that rule or principle of justice, which protects those rights. Thus we speak of natural law.

Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society.

Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.

Ethics are more important than laws.

What is crucial is there be laws.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.