Famous quotes containing the words circle and/or laws:
“The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)
“Private property is held sacred in all good governments, and particularly in our own. Yet shall the fear of invading it prevent a general from marching his army over a cornfield or burning a house which protects the enemy? A thousand other instances might be cited to show that laws must sometimes be silent when necessity speaks.”
—Andrew Jackson (17671845)