Pastoral Resources

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

More law, less justice.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Laws are silent in time of war.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.

We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become a dead letter through vagueness. In this view it is clear that an administrative commission can render invaluable service.

The market tends to pay as a wage what an individual laborer is worth. But the case last studied suggests the question how accurately the law operates in practice. May it not be an honest law, but be so vitiated in its working as to give a dishonest result?

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.

Our first concern is the security of the lawyers because without security you can't possibly have a fair trial, if trial at all, and that's not been adequately attended to.

However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of any deficiencies in our legal system.

Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.