Francisco Luís Gomes - Law Quotes

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What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?

Francisco Luís Gomes

It is necessary that the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, eternal in their duration, be universal in their application, that being realized in institutions, law and customs, they spread over the surface of the globe and filter down to it's lowest strata. Only then shall the regeneration of man be accomplished.

Francisco Luís Gomes

It is said that the law of Christ governs European civilization. That is a lie. It shines on it's surface, but does not penetrate to it's entrails.

Francisco Luís Gomes