When the end is lawful, the means are also lawful.
-- Hermann Busenbaum (or Busembaum) (1600-1688)
-- Hermann Busenbaum (or Busembaum) (1600-1688)
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- When the end is lawful, the means are also lawful.
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Hermann Busenbaum (1600... - I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some
kind of loophole.
- Leo... - Lawful Dungeon Master --
and they're MY laws... - Well, we know he's LAWFUL evil,
so he should keep his word when he promised not to... - LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness that he hath
committed and doeth that which is neither quite lawful nor quite right,
he generally be found to have gained in amiability... - What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of
the individual right to lawful defense."
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Frederic Bastiat, "The... - All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries
or credulities of mankind.
Joseph... - Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?
New Testament -- Matthew xx,...
