Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Donald Trump will do what he is told is the right thing to do in complying with the law.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

He who dethrones the idea of law, bids chaos welcome in its stead.

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

We're not lawbreakers, we're law-abiding, and intend to stay that way.

One with the law is a majority.

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land, and as God, he had the power not to do any of it.

It's about living in a world with rules, or a world without rules.

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.

No matter who you are or what you intend to do, you should not exceed the boundaries of the rule of law.

When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.

We Mexicans believe in the force of the law, not in the law of force

One must be stark mad, to believe that mankind can subsist without magistrates.

To the laws all men show respect and deference, as without them peace and harmony would be supplanted by anarchy and terror; human laws being instituted for the express purpose of regulating our interests as individuals and nations, between man and man; and divine laws given of heaven, prescribing rules on spiritual concerns, for faith and worship

We are not rebels. Rebels defy authority and break laws at will.

There is no king where there is no law.

What is going to rule our great commonwealth, the mob or the law?

To the law we bow with reverence. It is the one king that commands our allegiance.

When you enforce the laws of the state, you don’t get to pick and choose.

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

What I believe in is I believe in law.