Han Fei: Quotes about laws

Han Fei was Chinese philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on law.
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“To govern the state by law is to praise the right and blame the wrong.”

Han Fei

from "Having Regulations—A Memorandum" in The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu, Volume I, Arthur Probsthain, London, 1939. Translated by W.K. Liao.

Law

“Be immeasurably great, be unfathomably deep; make certain that names and results tally, examine laws and customs, punish those who act willfully, and the state will be without traitors.”

Han Fei

"The Way of the Ruler", in Han Feizi: Basic Writings (2003)

Making love , Law

“No state is forever strong or forever weak. If those who uphold the law are strong, the state will be strong; if they are weak, the state will be weak.”

Han Fei

國無常強，無常弱。奉法者強則國強，奉法者弱則國弱。
Source: "On Having Standards", in Han Feizi: Basic Writings (2003)

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