The famous aphorisms about the rule of law are as follows:
1. When order turns into chaos, chaos has to be used to maintain order and save the law. There are two, and only two, foundations of law: fairness and practicality. .
2. If a country does not have correct political principles and disciplines, its national style must decline. Just laws cannot restrict good freedom, precisely because good people will not do things that are not allowed by the law.
3. If the legislator makes three changes, the entire collection of books will be turned into waste paper. The real purpose of law is to induce those who are governed by it to seek their own virtue.
4. Extreme regulations are extreme injustice. Among the major civilizations in the world, China is the one farthest away from the rule of law, and even forms a polar opposite to Europe.
5. The law is enacted to protect the innocent. The force of the law should follow the citizen as the shadow follows the body.
6. In all human states that can understand the rule of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. A sparse approach is better than a secretive mind, and a lenient order is better than a strict one.
7. If the law is established at the top, customs will be established at the bottom. What people talk about as law really means wealth.
8. The foundation of any law; no, the unwritten law itself is the law of reason, that is, the truth is expressed clearly. The real purpose of law is to induce those who are governed by it to seek their own virtue.
9. Law is a mandatory order. Water is the preparation for fire, and law is the prohibition against adultery.
10. The simpler the explanation of the law, the more just the law. The law is the basis of governance.
11. The people’s happiness is the supreme law. By human law, I mean a method of living that makes both life and the country safe.
12. Freedom is a way of life that must have its own authoritative discipline and restrictions. The law cannot make an essentially moral or pure act criminal, any more than it can make a criminal act pure.
13. Laws and regulations are tools of governance, not the source of turbidity. If the law is great, then it is for the public and right, and what is wrong is for the public and wrong. Law is the free and solemn expression of the people's will.