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    …the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero…

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America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.

America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.

by Anon. Found in: Law Quotes,
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There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

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

by Grover A. Whalen Found in: Law Quotes,
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It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Law Quotes,
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It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

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

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

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Law Quotes,
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No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.

No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.

by Carrie Chapman Catt Found in: Law Quotes,
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The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

by Alex Levin Found in: Law Quotes,
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Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Law Quotes,
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