Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

Our system is not one of justice, but of law.

Our system is not one of justice, but of law.

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

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.

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching read more

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.