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Rule of Law
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
The rule of law, not of men.
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning.
It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems.
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.
The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
A government of laws, and not of men.
Where there is no law, there is no freedom.
Freedom thrives when religion is vibrant, and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
An unjust law is no law at all.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
The rule of law is the foundation of any civilized society.
Be you ever so high, the law is above you.
Fiat justitia ruat caelum.
The good of the people is the greatest law.
The law should be clear, precise, and predictable.
Independence of the judiciary is the cornerstone of the rule of law.