Quote#Politics & Power
Men do not make laws. They do but discover them. Laws must be…
Quote byCalvin Coolidge · 1872–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to the Massachusetts State Senate (1914), Speech to the Massachusetts State Senate (7 January 1914)..
English (original)
Men do not make laws. They do but discover them. Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness. That state is most fortunate in its form of government which has the aptest instruments for the discovery of law.
— Calvin Coolidge
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