“It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society.”

“The excellency of the law more clearly appears in the gospel than in the doctrine of the law itself... Surely God set a high price on His law, that He would not save any soul that had broken it, other than by His Son who must come to fulfill it.Therefore, Christians must learn to prize the law of God.”

“The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.”

“The belief-transmission network of which we are a part cannot operate without a continuously replenished supply of people to do the transmitting, thus the belief that children are a source of happiness becomes a part of our cultural wisdom simply because the opposite belief unravels the fabric of any society that holds it.”

“What is law? Is it what is on the books, or what is actually enacted and obeyed in a society? Or is law what must be enacted and obeyed, whether or not it is on the books, if things are to go right?”

“The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami. The law may be used to confound reason, reason must certainly not be used to overthrow the law.”