Quotation of Law (法律名言录)22

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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage‘s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), The Fountainhead (1943)But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one‘s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man‘s lawful prey.
John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), 65 ADThere is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
Montesquieu, 1742No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961), Lawrence Daily Journal-WorldWe shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich or poor, lovingly nurtured or bled white. Our present attitudes and laws governing the ownership and use of land represent an abuse of the concept of private property.... Today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see and nobody calls the cops.
Paul Brooks, The Pursuit of Wilderness (1971)