Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.
In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort and to diffuse their influence universally and equally.
Easy, simple and great laws, which await nothing but a sign from the lawgiver to spread prosperity and vigour throughout the nation, laws which would earn him immortal hymns of gratitude down the generations, are those which are least considered or least wanted.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
Common sense often makes good law.
The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our constituents.
Write what you think is good, is the whole of the law.
Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.
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