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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.
Our system is not one of justice, but of law.
Our system is not one of justice, but of law.
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.
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.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
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.
