A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the ...

In the state of nature all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

It usually takes 100 years to make a law, and then, after it's done its work, it usually takes 100 years to be rid of it.

Law is mind without reason.

Law is order, and good law is good order.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.