This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
Plutarch, named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus after becoming Roman citizen NULL
A mere law to give all men equal rights is but useless, if the poor man must sacrifice those rights to their debts, and, in the very seats and sanctuaries of equality, the courts of justice, the offices of state, and the public discussions, be more than anywhere at the beck and bidding of the rich.
Equality | Justice | Law | Man | Men | Public | Rights | Sacrifice |
If a man were born so divinely gifted that he could naturally apprehend the truth, he would have no need of laws to rule over him; for there is no law or order which is above knowledge, nor can mind, without impiety, be deemed the subject or slave of any man, but rather the lord of all. I speak of mind, true and free, and in harmony with nature. But then there is no such mind anywhere, or at least not so much and therefore we must choose law and order, which are second best.
Harmony | Impiety | Knowledge | Law | Lord | Man | Mind | Nature | Need | Order | Rule | Truth |
Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła, aka Saint John Paul the Great NULL
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
Conscience | Freedom | Humanity | Law | Men | Purpose | Purpose | Rule | Society |
Law rules throughout existence, a Law which is not intelligent but Intelligence.
Existence | Intelligence | Law |
A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events; that only in our easy, simple spontaneous action are we strong, and by contenting ourselves with obedience we become divine.
Action | Consideration | Day | Events | Law | Little | Obedience | Will |
Robert Bellah, fully Robert Neelly Bellah
It was the deep belief of the founders of the republic could succeed only with virtuous citizens. Only if there was a moral law within would citizens be able to maintain a free government.
Belief | Government | Law | Moral law |
Richard Bach, fully Richard David Bach
The only true law is that which leads to freedom. There is no other.
Ronald Reagan, fully Ronald Wilson Reagan
I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts.
Cause | Government | Hope | Law | Liberty | Man | People | Government |