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			 If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging.  
	 If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging. 
		
 
	
			 Petty laws breed great crimes.  
	 Petty laws breed great crimes. 
		
 
	
			 Law is king of all.  
	 Law is king of all. 
		
 
	
			 …the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks read more 
	 …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… 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the read more 
	 Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation. 
		
 
	
			 Where law ends, tyranny begins.  
	 Where law ends, tyranny begins. 
		
 
	
			 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. 
		
 
	
			 Ignorance of the law excuses no man.  
	 Ignorance of the law excuses no man.