“No sooner is a law made than a way around it is discovered.” – Italian proverb
“It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises – but only performance is reality.” – Harold S. Geneen
“If you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.” – Winston Churchill
“A good rule of thumb is to assume that “everything matters.” – Roger Thaler
“The final test of civilisation of people is the respect they have for the law.” – Lewis F. Korny
“Markets are imperfect. So you need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.” – George Soros
“The agreements must be kept. Pacta sunt servanda.” – Latin phrase
“In a civilised life, law floats in a sea of ethics.” – Earl Warren
“The heart of our national economy long has been faith in the value of competition.” – Standard Oil v. FTC
“Insolvency is not a very thrilling or amusing subject.” – Lord Mischon
“Nature never breaks her own laws.” – Leonard da Vinci
“Simplicity in modern taxation is a problem of basic architectural design. Present legislation is insufferably complicated and unintelligible. If it is not simplified, half of the population may have to become tax lawyers and tax accountants.” – Henry C. Simons
“The final cause of law is the welfare of society.” – Benjamin Cardozo
“Law is a bottomless pit.” – John Arbuthnot
“The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.” – Voltaire
Tanzania Law Blog - Paul Kibuuka's insights into Tanzanian law and the legal issues relating to doing business in Tanzania. 