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The law is far, the fist is near.

—Korean proverb

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC

When law can do no right,
Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.

—William Shakespeare, c. 1594

Kings and fools know no law.

—German proverb

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

—Francis Bacon, 1615

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

—Bob Dylan, 1966

All law is of necessity defective in the beginning.

—Han Yu, c. 800

Curse on all laws but those which love has made.

—Alexander Pope, 1717

Let us have peace, but let us have liberty, law, and justice first.

—Frederick Douglass, 1878

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me.

—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous its laws.

—Tacitus, c. 110

No law is sufficiently convenient to all.

—Roman proverb

The law looks at no one’s face.

—Gabriel Okara, 1964