Law and Politics

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Henry David Thoreau, in Law and Politics

Counterfeit exists because there is such a thing as real gold.

Jelaluddin Rumi, in Law and Politics

Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.

Arthur Schopenhauer, in Law and Politics

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.

William Shakespeare, Henry VI, in Law and Politics

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw, in Law and Politics

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

Isaac Bashevis Singer, in Law and Politics

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.

Art Spander, in Law and Politics

A nation ... is just a society for hating foreigners.

Olaf Stapledon, in Law and Politics

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson, in Law and Politics

In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.

Adlai Stevenson, in Law and Politics

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.

Caskie Stinnett, in Law and Politics

Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

I. F. Stone, in Law and Politics

There exists among humans no natural authority, only that established for convenience.

John Teeple, in Law and Politics

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Ronald Reagan, in Law and Politics

Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty.

Henry M. Robert, in Law and Politics

Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.

Will Rogers, in Law and Politics

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

Will Rogers, in Law and Politics

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Law and Politics

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Jean Jacques Rousseau, in Law and Politics

Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.

Jean Jacques Rousseau, in Law and Politics