Ordnung muss sein
Related German proverbs are , literally "order is half of life", humorously extended in the antiproverb ("and disorder the other half"). Similarly, a proverb says meaning "he who keeps order is just too lazy to spend his time searching". Present interpretation of the expression distorts its original meaning. The expression was introduced by Martin Luther as "Ordnung muss sein unter den Leuten" ("Law must be among people"), Ordnung in the sense of True Law of God as opposed to human rules, for "Orden und Regeln sind nichts" ("Orders and rules are nothing") (on the same page) and "Liebe  zu Geld... ist nicht Gottes Werk oder Ordnung" (Love for money... is not God's work or “Ordnung”). There is an (Public Office for Order, Code enforcement) in every German municipality and city. Minor or petty offenses are called (meaning "offense", or rather "contrarity to (public) order", or indeed the American (among others) similar concept of disorderly conduct).