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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.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.
Law is a bottomless pit.
Law is a bottomless pit.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
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.
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when read more
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
