Short quotes from famous people on the rule of law

1. The purpose of laws is to guide the people, and the purpose of punishment is to prohibit adultery. ——Sima Qian

2. Those who enforce laws suppress violence and support the weak, hoping that they will be difficult to violate and easy to avoid. ——Ban Gu

3. Law, when it governs all people on the earth, is human reason. ——(Law) Montesquieu

4. The law cannot make everyone equal, but everyone is equal before the law. ——British jurist Pollock

5. The object of legal adjustment is behavior, and the so-called social relationship is nothing but the behavioral interaction or interaction between people. Without the interaction between people, there would be no There is no social relationship. Law adjusts social relations by affecting people's behavior. ——Zhang Wenxian

6. The power of law should follow citizens, just like the shadow follows the body. ——(Italian) Beccaria

7. The true meaning of law is that there is no absolute freedom, let alone absolute equality. ——The famous Chinese jurist Guo Daohui

8. The real purpose of law is to induce those who are governed by the law to seek their own virtue. ——(Italian) Aquinas

9. Laws are enacted to ensure that everyone can freely develop his talents, not to restrict his talents. ——(Law) Robespierre

10. The punishment prescribed by law is not for private interests, but for the interests of the public; part of it relies on harmful coercion, and part of it relies on the effectiveness of example. . ——(Dutch) Grotius

11. Law is order, and only with good laws can there be good order. ——Aristotle

12. Law is like traveling, you must prepare for tomorrow. It must have the principle of growth. ——The famous Justice Cardozuo

13. Law is the main force for reform and the primary channel for resolving conflicts. ——Ellman

14. Lawyers should not advocate too drastic changes, because drastic changes will result in the further loss of social order. Therefore, there is an old proverb in the West called: Guns The sound method is silent. There is no way for the law to survive when the guns are firing. So we don’t want this society to change too drastically. ——He Weifang

15. If the law does not have a court to explain and define its true meaning and practical operation, it will be a piece of paper. ——Hamilton

16. Law is the free and solemn expression of the people’s will. ——(France) Robespierre

17. Law is the crystallization of social customs and ideas. ——U.S. President Wilson

18. Law is the crystallization of all human wisdom and wisdom, including all social thoughts and morals. ——Plato

19. Law is a mandatory order. ——(US) Kelsen

20. The constitution is a piece of paper with the rights of the people written on it. ——Lenin