Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.

Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.

There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and read more

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set read more

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should read more

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, read more

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

The law's made to take care o' raskills.

The law's made to take care o' raskills.