"Those that respect the law and love..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.
More by Mark Twain
“The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.”
“All large political doctrines are rich in difficult problems - problems that are quite above the average citizen's reach. And that is not strange, since they are also above the reach of the ablest minds in the country; after all the fuss and all the talk, not one of those doctrines has been conclusively proven to be the right one and the best.”
“Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?”
More on Law
“It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.”
“It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.”
“You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.”
More on Ethics
“Better the whole people perish than that injustice be done”
“So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.”
“There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.”