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    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.

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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.]

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Law Quotes,
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The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

by O Anna Niemus Found in: Law Quotes,
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Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more

Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.

by Robert Burton Found in: Law Quotes,
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The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them read more

The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a little.

by Porterfield Found in: Law Quotes,
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All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Law Quotes,
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Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.

Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.

by Suzanne La Follette Found in: Law Quotes,
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The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.

by Glaser And Way Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Charles John Darling Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

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