"Pray for political stability, for if not for fear of the government men would swallow each other alive." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 3:1
"If you see a generation drowning in a sea of troubles, go forth and consider what the judges of Israel do!" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"You do not take examples from a situation of emergency." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Sukkah
"Who performs one precept gains one advocate for himself." ~~ Avot 4:11
"The purely righteous do not complain about evil, rather they add justice. They do not complain about heresy, rather they add faith. They do not complain about ignorance, rather they add wisdom. " ~~ Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook
"Admission by the defendant is worth a hundred witnesses." ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"The more counsel, the more understanding." ~~ Avot 2:7
"You shall not put a stumbling-block before the blind. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:14
"A bribe blinds the clever, and how much more so the fool!" ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"The State binds and compels, religion teaches and persuades; the State gives laws, religion gives commandments." ~~ Moshe Mendelssohn
"Repentance and good deeds are a man’s best lawyer." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Evidence refuted in part is refuted altogether." ~~ Talmud, Gittin
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