#laws

And still we love the evil cause And of the just effect complain; We tread upon life's broken laws And murmur at our self-inflicted pain. ↗

— John Greenleaf Whittier

#life

Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on obedience of God's statutes and nothing else. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#building #christ #christian #christianity #do-unto-others

I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#change #constitution #imperfections #laws #progress

You think that your laws correct evil - they only increase it. There is but one way to end evil - by rendering good for evil to all men without distinction. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#christianity #good-and-evil #jesus #jesus-christ #laws

It strikes me you might place your gifts better. Why should you send powder to a ruffian who will use it to commit crimes? But for the deplorable weakness every one here seems to have for the bandits, they would have disappeared out of Corsica long ago." "The worst men in our country are not those who are 'in the country.'" "Give them bread, if it so please you. But I will not have you supply them with ammunition." "Brother," said Colomba, in a serious voice, "you are master here, and everything in this house belongs to you. But I warn you that I will give this little girl my mezzaro, so that she may sell it; rather than refuse powder to a bandit. ↗

— Prosper Mérimée

#corsica #honor #outlaws #men

If you have the right to influence the laws that are made in your community, why not take the opportunity to do something good? ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa

#inspirational #law #laws #political #political-commentary

The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values") ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#morals #physics #universe #values #inspirational

I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #ideal-woman

We all have to face our faults and mistakes, and then choose to overcome them or let them drag us down. ↗

— Jessica Lave

#flaws #inspirational #mistakes #perseverance #inspirational

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#obeys #paradise #petty #politician #republic