We are to go to law never to revenge, but only to repair.
—Samuel Pepys, 1661
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
—Aleister Crowley, 1904Petty laws breed great crimes.
—Ouida, 1880A functioning police state needs no police.
—William S. Burroughs, 1959All moanday, tearsday, wailsday, thumpsday, frightday, shatterday till the fear of the Law.
—James Joyce, 1939It is better to live unknown to the law.
—Irish proverbWar has silenced all laws.
—Lucan, c. 65To make laws that man cannot and will not obey serves to bring all law into contempt.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1860The law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.
—Voltairine de Cleyre, 1890Everything that has wings is beyond the reach of the law.
—Joseph Joubert, 1791Better no law than no law enforced.
—Danish proverbThe more corrupt the state, the more numerous its laws.
—Tacitus, c. 110The law is established from above but becomes custom below.
—Su Zhe, c. 1100