Mr. Aldunate
The Definitions of Law
Explain in your own words the meaning of each of the following passages.
“Law is the crystallization of the habit and thought of society.”
-Woodrow Wilson
“Where law ends, there tyranny begins.”
- 1st Earl of Chatham, William Pitt
“There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a
law not supported by the people.”
-Hubert H. Humphrey
“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from
lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve.”
-Clarence Darrow