The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

Is not the winding up witnesses,
And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
For witnesses, like watches, read more

Is not the winding up witnesses,
And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
For witnesses, like watches, go
Just as they're set, too fast or slow;
And where in Conscience they're strait-lac'd,
'Tis ten to one that side is cast.

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

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

it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more

it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.

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."

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.

The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.

Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.

Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.