“Good people do not need law to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”

In Union There Is Strength (2020)

The Old Law (c. 1615–18; printed 1656), with Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.

Understanding Islam, "Morals and Ethics" http://vod.dmi.ae/media/96716/Ep_03_Morals_and_Ethics Dubai Media

The Existence of God (1913).

Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, “Unlimited Government” (Dec. 29, 1961).

What Would You Substitute for the Bible as a Moral Guide? (1900)
Context: You ask me what I would “substitute for the Bible as a moral guide.” I know that many people regard the Bible as the only moral guide and believe that in that book only can be found the true and perfect standard of morality. There are many good precepts, many wise sayings and many good regulations and laws in the Bible, and these are mingled with bad precepts, with foolish sayings, with absurd rules and cruel laws.
But we must remember that the Bible is a collection of many books written centuries apart, and that it in part represents the growth and tells in part the history of a people. We must also remember that the writers treat of many subjects. Many of these writers have nothing to say about right or wrong, about vice or virtue.

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 473.