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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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994 |
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AUTHOR:
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) |
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QUOTATION:
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Any law that takes hold of a man’s daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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HENRY WARD BEECHER, “Civil Law and the Sabbath,” sermon delivered December 3, 1882.—Plymouth Pulpit, vol. 5 (new series), p. 416 (1883). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Law |
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