United States Founding Fathers

James Wilson

Quotes

Law

1. "All [laws], however, may be arranged in two different classes. 1. Devine 2. Human. ... But it should always be remembered that this law, natural or revealed, made for men or for nations, flows from the same Divine source: it is the law of God. ... Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine" - "The works of the Honourable James Wilson", Bird Wilson, editor, (Philadelphia: Lorenzo Press, 1804), Vol. I, pp. 103-105, "Of the General Principles of Law and Obligation."