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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.
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.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
Whatever you say it is, it isn't.
Whatever you say it is, it isn't.
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick read more
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.
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.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while read more
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful
will easily break through them.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg read more
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
