Bryan Fogel Quotes

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.

There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.

It is the duty of the law-giver to deliver to the many the instructions of whose truth he has persuaded himself.

The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.

You must legislate morality.

It is not your great father who does this; but the laws of the country, which he and every one of his people is bound to regard.

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.

I have no doubt that if an actual ticking bomb situation were to arise, our law enforcement authorities would torture. The real debate is whether such torture should take place outside of our legal system or within it. The answer to this seems clear: If we are to have torture, it should be authorized by the law.

I don't believe so much in good and evil.

Everyone should work within the ambit of law.

I don't think 'Profit' is devoid of morality. He's just on a different plane than the rest of us.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

Some people think that the people they lead are too stupid to be told the truth, and thus they must be lied to, in order for a greater good to be accomplished. Some people believe in the system that has been set up, where the strongest among us is going to lead us in a fight, otherwise everyone is the same. That's the doctrine of pirates.

An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth; or it is an error: it can never be a crime or a virtue.

In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it,’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it,’ says the priest, ‘for I command you in the names of the gods.’ ‘Do it,’ says the rich man, ‘and all this gold shall be yours.’ So tell me—who lives and who dies?

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.

I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.