1. 法令所以导民也，刑罚所以禁奸也。司马迁

1. The laws and decrees guide the people, and penalties are used to prevent crimes. - Sima Qian

2. 假如没有法律他们会更快乐的话，那么法律作为一件无用之物自己就会消灭。洛克

2. If they would be happier without laws, then laws, as a useless thing, would eliminate themselves. - Locke

3. 全部历史就是利益的斗争，而法是那些占了上风的利益的权威性的表现。（意）拉布里奥拉?>

3. The entire history is a struggle for interests, and law is the authoritative expression of those interests that have gained the upper hand. (Italian) Labriola.

4. 法律总是把全民的安全置于个人的安全之上。西塞罗

4. The law always puts the safety of the entire people above that of the individual. - Ciceron

5. 法律是一种不断完善的实践，虽然可能因其缺陷而失效，甚至根本失效，但它绝不是一种荒唐的玩笑。德沃金

5. Law is a continuously evolving practice, though it may fail due to its defects, even completely fail, but it is by no means a foolish joke. - Dworkin

6. 法律的真理知识，来自于立法者的教养。黑格尔

6. The true knowledge of law comes from the education of the legislator. Hegel

7. 法律的制定是为了保证每一个人自由发挥自己的才能，而不是为了束缚他的才能。（法）罗伯斯庇尔

7. The formulation of laws is meant to ensure that everyone can fully utilize their talents, rather than to restrict them. (French) Robespierre

8. 大海和陆地服从宇宙，而人类生活是受最高法律的命令的管辖。（古希腊）西塞罗

8. The sea and land obey the universe, while human life is governed by the commandments of the highest law. (Ancient Greece) Cicero

9. 在一切能够接受法律支配的人类的状态中，哪里没有法律，那里就没有自由。（英）洛克《**论》

9. In all states of human beings who are capable of being subject to law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. (English) John Locke, *An Essay Concerning Human Understanding*

10. 法律规定的惩罚不是为了私人的利益，而是为了公共的利益；一部分靠有害的强制，一部分靠榜样的效力。（荷）格老秀斯

10. The punishment prescribed by law is not for private gain, but for the public interest; part is based on harmful coercion, and part on the efficacy of example. (Dutch) Hugo Grotius

11. 奇特几乎总能提供一种线索。一种犯罪越是普通，越是不具特点，就越难以查明。（英国）柯南·道尔爵士

11. The strange almost always provides a clue. The more ordinary and unremarkable a crime is, the harder it is to solve. (British) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12. 法者，天下之仪也。所以决疑而明是非也，百姓所县命也。（战国）管子

12. The law is the standard for the world. It is used to resolve doubts and clarify right and wrong, and upon which the lives and destinies of the people depend. (Warring States period) Guanzi

13. 我不同意你说的观点，但我誓死捍卫你说话的权利。伏尔泰。

13. I disagree with the views you have expressed, but I will defend to the death your right to speak. Voltaire.

14. 你所说的话不一定正确，但我誓死捍卫你说话的权利。伏尔泰

14. The words you speak may not be correct, but I swear to defend to the death your right to speak. Voltaire

15. 解释法律系法律学之开端，并为其基础，系一项科学性工作，但又为一种艺术。萨维尼

15. Explanation of law is the beginning of juridical science and its foundation, which is a scientific endeavor yet also an art. Savigny

16. 当秩序成了混乱的时候，就不得不用混乱来维持秩序，拯救法律了。罗曼·罗兰《哥拉·布勒尼翁》

16. When order has become chaos, chaos must be used to maintain order and save the law. Romain Rolland, "Gora, the Mountain of Dreams"

17. 法律一多，公正就少。托·富勒

17. The more laws, the less justice. -- Toole Fuller

18. 尽量大可能把关于他们的意志的知识散布在人民中间，这就是立法机关的义务。边沁

18. It is the duty of the legislative body to disseminate as widely as possible knowledge about their will among the people. — Bentham

19. 律者，所以定分止争也。管子《管子·七臣七主》

19. The law is a means to define rights and settle disputes. (This quote is from Guanzi's "Guanzi · Qimen Qizhu")

20. 无论何人，如为他人制定法律，应将同一法律应用于自己身上。阿奎那

20. Whosoever makes laws for others must apply the same laws to himself. - Aquinas

21. 法律，在它支配着地球上所有人民的场合，就是人类的理性。孟德斯鸠《论法的精神》

21. Law, when it governs all the people of the earth, is the rationality of humankind. - Montesquieu, "On the Spirit of the Laws"

22. 法治意味着，**除非实施众所周知的规则，否则不得对个人实施强制。哈耶克

22. The rule of law means that coercion is not to be imposed on a person unless it is done in accordance with rules of conduct of which he must know the general nature ahead of time. – Hayek

23. 能够认识到共同利益也是自己的利益，并借助于别人认识到的利益来控制自己履行权利，使人意识到，权利应该得到履行；这也就意味着，应该有权利存在，而权力应该通过相互承认得到控制。格林

23. To recognize that common interests are also one's own interests, and to control one's exercise of rights through the recognition of interests by others, so that people become aware that rights should be fulfilled; this also means that there should be rights, and power should be controlled through mutual recognition.格林

24. 纲纪废弃之日，便是**兴起之时。威·皮物特

24. The day discipline is abandoned, is the time of rising. Wei · Pitu.

25. 法治概念的最高层次是一种信念，相信一切法律的基础，应该是对于人的价值的尊重。陈弘毅

25. The highest level of the concept of the rule of law is a belief that the foundation of all laws should be the respect for the value of human beings. — Chen Hongyi

26. 法律解释者都希望在法律中寻获其时代问题的答案。拉伦茨

26. Legal interpreters all hope to find answers to their era's questions in the law. Larenz

27. 由于有法律才能保障良好的举止，所以也要有良好的举止才能维护法律。马基雅弗利

27. Since good conduct is ensured by law, it is also through good conduct that law is maintained. - Machiavelli

28. 法，国之权衡也，时之准绳也。（唐）吴兢《贞观政要·公平》

28. Law is the balance of the state, the standard of the times. (Tang Dynasty) Wu Jing, "Zhen Guan Zheng Yao · Fairness"

29. 在一个法治的**之下，善良公民的座右铭是什么？那就是严格地服从，自由地批判。边沁

29. Under the rule of law, what is the motto of a good citizen? It is to obey strictly and to criticize freely. - Bentham

30. 法律又是什么？法律就是取得胜利、掌握国家**的阶级的意志的表现。列宁

30. What is law? Law is the manifestation of the will of the class that has achieved victory and seized the state. — Lenin

31. 立善防恶谓之礼，禁非立是谓之法。傅玄《傅子·法刑》

31. Doing good and preventing evil is called "ritual" (li), and forbidding what is wrong and establishing what is right is called "law" (fa). From Fu Xuan's "Fu Zi · Fa Xing" (The Book of Fu Xuan on Law and Punishment).

32. 宪法，就是一张写着人民权利的纸。列宁

32. The Constitution is a piece of paper written with the rights of the people. — Lenin

33. 法律因罪恶而发展，并且惩办罪恶。弗洛里奥

33. Law develops because of sin and punishes sin. Florio

34. 有理智的人在一般法律体系中生活比在无拘无束的孤独中更为自由。斯宾诺莎

34. A reasonable person is more free in living within the general legal system than in the unrestricted solitude. Spinoza

35. 法律是人民意志的自由而庄严的表现。（法）罗伯斯庇尔

35. Law is the free and solemn expression of the will of the people. (French) Robespierre

36. 在个人自己的案件中或是他所看到的案件中不能有疏忽，因此执法从来不能疏忽。马克·吐温

36. There must be no negligence in one's own cases or in the cases he sees, therefore law enforcement can never be negligent. - Mark Twain

37. 法律只不过是我们意志的记录。卢梭《社会契约论》

37. Law is merely the record of our will. - Rousseau, "The Social Contract"

38. 法律的基本原则是：为人诚实，不损害他人，给予每个人他应得的部分。查士丁尼

38. The fundamental principles of law are: to be honest, not to harm others, and to give each person their due portion. Justinian.

39. 法律的调整对象是行为，而所谓社会关系不过是人与人之间的行为互动或交互行为，没有人们之间的交互行为，就没有社会关系。法律是通过影响人们的行为而实现对社会关系的调整。张文显

39. The object of law is behavior, and so-called social relations are merely the interaction or reciprocal actions between individuals. Without the reciprocal actions between individuals, there are no social relations. Law achieves the adjustment of social relations by influencing people's behavior. Zhang Wenxian

40. 一项法律越是在它的接受者那里以恶行为前提，那么它本身就越好。拉德布鲁赫

40. The better a law is, the more it presupposes evil in its recipients. - Radbruch

41. 宪法是一个无穷尽的、一个国家的世代人都参与对话的流动的话语。劳伦·却伯

41. The Constitution is an endless flow of discourse, a dialogue involving generations of a nation. - Lauren Cuber

42. 自由是一种必须有其自己的权威、纪律以及制约性的生活方式。李普曼

42. Freedom is a way of life that must have its own authority, discipline, and constraints. Lippmann

43. 法律不能使人人平等，但是在法律面前人人是平等的。波洛克

43. The law cannot make everyone equal, but everyone is equal before the law. - Pollock

44. 法发展的重心不在立法、不在法学，也不在司法判决，而在社会本身。埃利希

44. The focus of legal development is not in legislation, not in jurisprudence, nor in judicial decisions, but in society itself. - Ehrlich

45. 法律提供保护以对抗专断，它给人们以一种安全感和可靠感，并使人们不致在未来处于不祥的黑暗之中。布鲁纳

45. The law provides protection against arbitrariness, giving people a sense of security and reliability, and prevents them from being engulfed in an ominous darkness in the future. - Bruno

46. 自由就是做法律许可范围内的事情的权利。西塞罗

46. Freedom is the right to do what the law allows. - Cicero

47. 没有绝对的平等，也没有绝对的权力。人在天性上类同，就法律而言不平等，在**上不平等，又不同类。巴尔扎克

47. There is no absolute equality, nor is there absolute power. People are similar by nature, unequal by law, unequal in the **upward direction, and also not the same**. Balzac

48. 法律所传达的是一种超越**，超越权利的声音，它所划定的权利边界虽然无形，却深深地刻画在人们的心灵之中。着名的法律学者

48. The law communicates a transcendence, a voice that transcends rights, the boundaries of which, though intangible, are deeply etched in the hearts of people. A renowned legal scholar

49. 我们的时代是权利的时代。人权是我们时代的观念，是已经得到普遍接受的唯一的**与道德观念。（美）L·亨金

49. Our era is the era of rights. Human rights are the concept of our age, the sole one that has been universally accepted with moral ideas. (USA) L. Henkin

50. 法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。美国总统威尔逊

50. Law is the crystallization of social customs and thoughts. U.S. President Wilson.