William Penn Quotes

I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland to govern the people of this kingdom well and justly than that you should govern them ill in the sight of all the world

To govern the state by law is to praise the right and blame the wrong.

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.

The law is bigger than money - but only if the law works hard enough.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. Each is indispensable to civilization. Without law, we should be at the mercy of the least scrupulous; without ethics, law could not exist.

We need a President who is more interested in being right and just than being President.

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. Fiat justitia et ruant coeli.

You must not be a drunkard. You must not be a prison convict. You must be sober, wise, fearless and bold. You must enforce customary laws of the village, but you must also understand the rules of the government.

He made you king to do justice and righteousness.

If a ruler can get rid of private crookedness and promote the public law, his people will become secure, and his state will become well ordered.

India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

The government has to be good, and just, and gentle.

If the official is himself upright, the people will play their roles without orders. If he is not upright, even under orders the people will be disobedient.

It is the duty of a citizen not only to observe the law but to let it be known that he is opposed to its violation.

We have a great many chiefs and headmen but, be they ever so great, they must all abide by the laws ... These laws are not made for any person in particular but for all.

Law is not self-executing. Unfortunately, at times its execution rests in the hands of those who are faithless to it. And even when its enforcement is committed to those who revere it, law merely deters some human beings from offending, and punishes other human beings for offending. This does not make men good. This task can be performed only by ethics or religion or morality.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

Shall any man be above justice? Above all shall that man be above it, who can commit the most extensive injustice?

Law alone cannot make men see right.