“The good needs fear no law,
It is his safety and the bad man's awe.”
The Old Law (c. 1615–18; printed 1656), with Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
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American author, journalist, essayist and social commentator 1969Related quotes
“Still as they run they look behind,
They hear a voice in every wind,
And snatch a fearful joy.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) English poet, historian
St. 4 <br class="br"> Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=odec (written 1742–1750)
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician
On Subsistence, (2 December 1792)
“Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.”
rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges timor.
Seneca the Younger Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)
Alternate translation: Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue. (translator unknown)
Alternate translation: Might makes right. (translator unknown).
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Robert LeFevre (1911–1986) American libertarian businessman
Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, “Unlimited Government” (Dec. 29, 1961).
Dion Fortune (1890–1946) British occultist and author
Source: The Goat-Foot God
Michael Moorcock (1939) English writer, editor, critic
Source: Short fiction, The Lost Canal (2013), p. 346
