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Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of
guilt.
[Lat., Nihil est miserius quam read more
Nothing is more wretched that the mind of a man conscious of
guilt.
[Lat., Nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius.]
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of read more
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal
consideration should stand in the way of performing a public
duty.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in read more
How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous
to the author of the crime. This is the read more
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous
to the author of the crime. This is the first punishment of
guilt that no one who is guilty is acquitted at the judgment seat
of his own conscience.
[Lat., Exemplo quodcumque malo committitur, ipsi
Displicet auctori. Prima est haec ultio, quod se
Judice nemo nocens absolvitur.]
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage read more
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they read more
Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different.
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.