Francisco Luís Gomes: Quotes about laws

Francisco Luís Gomes was Indo-Portuguese physician, writer, historian, economist, political scientist and MP in the Portuguese parliament.. Explore interesting quotes on law.

Francisco Luís Gomes: 34 quotes0 likes

“It is said that the law of Christ governs European civilization. That is a lie. It shines on it's surface, but does not penetrate to it's entrails.”

Francisco Luís Gomes

Os Brâmanes (1866). p. 107
Os Brâmanes (1866)

“It is necessary that the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, eternal in their duration, be universal in their application, that being realized in institutions, law and customs, they spread over the surface of the globe and filter down to it's lowest strata. Only then shall the regeneration of man be accomplished.”

Francisco Luís Gomes

Os Brâmanes (1866). Quoted by Teotonio R. de Souza in Essays in Goan history (1989), p. 137
Os Brâmanes (1866)

“What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?”

Francisco Luís Gomes

Os Brâmanes, p. 33
Os Brâmanes (1866)