|

|

Advertisements

Magistrates Quotes

Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it Picture Quote #1

One must be stark mad, to believe that mankind can subsist without magistrates Picture Quote #1

Priests, magistrates and ladies never quite take off their gowns Picture Quote #1

Authority intoxicates, and makes mere sots of magistrates; the fumes of it invade the brain, and make men giddy, proud, and vain Picture Quote #1

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law Picture Quote #1

Everyone that gets an authority into his hands tyrannizes over others; as many husbands, parents, masters, magistrates, that live after the flesh do carry themselves like oppressing lords over such as are under them, not knowing that their wives, children, servants, subjects are their fellow creatures, and hath an equal privilege to share them in the blessing of liberty Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation’s independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself Picture Quote #1

It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should be decorous Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps; the majesty of these sciences would itself be venerable enough Picture Quote #1

When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner Picture Quote #1

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed Picture Quote #1

To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates Picture Quote #1

Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning; and fall off toward the end. [Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.] Picture Quote #1

Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics...derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates Picture Quote #1

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it (Magistrates Quotes) One must be stark mad, to believe that mankind can subsist without magistrates (Magistrates Quotes) Priests, magistrates and ladies never quite take off their gowns (Magistrates Quotes) Authority intoxicates, and makes mere sots of magistrates; the fumes of it invade the brain, and make men giddy, proud, and vain (Magistrates Quotes) Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law (Magistrates Quotes) Everyone that gets an authority into his hands tyrannizes over others; as many husbands, parents, masters, magistrates, that live after the flesh do carry themselves like oppressing lords over such as are under them, not knowing that their wives, children, servants, subjects are their fellow creatures, and hath an equal privilege to share them in the blessing of liberty (Magistrates Quotes) Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation’s independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself (Magistrates Quotes) It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should be decorous (Magistrates Quotes) 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 (Magistrates Quotes) If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps; the majesty of these sciences would itself be venerable enough (Magistrates Quotes) When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner (Magistrates Quotes) Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy (Magistrates Quotes) There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed (Magistrates Quotes) To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates (Magistrates Quotes) Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning; and fall off toward the end. [Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.] (Magistrates Quotes) Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics...derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates. (Magistrates Quotes)