John Locke
Philosopher, Physician
"[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them."
Unlawful quotes
Unlawful
7 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ovid
Poet
"What is lawful is undesirable; what is unlawful is very attractive. [Lat., Quod licet est ingratum quod non licet acrius urit.]"
Paul Watson
Journalist
"We go after unlawful activities."
Frederick Douglass
Social Reformer, Writer
"It was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read."
Michel de Montaigne
Philosopher, Writer
"Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do things unlawful and ill, and nobody obeys it."
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