Law Abiding Citizens

Famous quotes containing the words law, abiding and/or citizens:

“A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“[There is] an abiding miscommunication between the intellect and the soul. We do not have too much intellect and too little soul, but too little intellect in matters of soul.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)

“However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)