Boulez seemed to me to be a guy who wrote laws. Like a company lawyer.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
We shall meet again. I have believed in God. I obeyed the laws of war and was loyal to my flag.
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.