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William Blackstone on Natural Law 3

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 16, 2013 | Blackstone, Government, Natural Law, Philosophers, Quotes

“The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.” William Blackstone Courtesy of Brainy Quote (BrainyQuote.com)

Blackstone on the Public Good

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 16, 2013 | Blackstone, Government, Natural Law, Quotes

“The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual’s private rights.” William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:120–41

William Blackstone on Natural Law 1

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 16, 2013 | Blackstone, Government, Natural Law, Philosophers, Quotes, Religion

“No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.” Courtesy of Brainy Quote (brainyquote.com)

Tryon Edwards on Science & Natural Law

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 16, 2013 | Natural Law, Philosophers, Quotes, Religion

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws – a thing which can never be demonstrated. Tryon Edwards, from A...

Alfred Montapert quote on Natural Law

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 16, 2013 | Natural Law, Philosophers, Quotes

Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. Alfred A. Montapert, assumed to come from his book Supreme Philosophy of Man...

Edmund Burke on Equality

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Equality, Philosophers, Quotes

“All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.” Courtesy of liberty-tree.com
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