“The result of this is fear. And man gasps for safety and morality.”
Sukarno (1901–1970) first President of the Republic of Indonesia
Speech at the Opening of the Bandung Conference
“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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Robert LeFevre (1911–1986) American libertarian businessman
Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, “Unlimited Government” (Dec. 29, 1961).
“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).
Tragedies
Sallustius Roman philosopher and writer
IX. On Providence, Fate, and Fortune.
On the Gods and the Cosmos
“Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them.”
Ammon Hennacy (1893–1970) American Christian radical
[Voices from the Catholic Worker, Troester, Rosalie Riegle, 1993, Temple University Press, 114]
“The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“A good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.”
John le Carré book The Mission Song
The Mission Song (2006)