The law is far, the fist is near.
—Korean proverb
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Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCWhen law can do no right,
Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.
Kings and fools know no law.
—German proverbIf we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
—Francis Bacon, 1615To live outside the law, you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966All law is of necessity defective in the beginning.
—Han Yu, c. 800Curse on all laws but those which love has made.
—Alexander Pope, 1717Let us have peace, but let us have liberty, law, and justice first.
—Frederick Douglass, 1878It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962The more corrupt the state, the more numerous its laws.
—Tacitus, c. 110No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
—Roman proverbThe law looks at no one’s face.
—Gabriel Okara, 1964