Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.

  • -- Thomas Aquinas 托马斯·阿奎那

法律不过是为公共利益而制定的某种理性条例,由关心社会的人颁布。

相关名言

It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.

法院总是有可能超越其适当的界限,也许宣布许多法律违宪,并以一种不应该感到沮丧的方式挫败多数人的意愿。

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.

此外,法律对私有财产的重视是如此之高,以致于它不会批准哪怕是最轻微的侵犯;不,甚至不是为了整个社区的共同利益。

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

权力总是认为…当它违反了上帝的所有律法时,它就是在为上帝服务。

The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.

在这个国家通往最高职位的唯一道路是法律。