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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.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law read more
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians,
which altereth not.
We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of read more
We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.
They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; read more
They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God
the things that are God's.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
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.
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 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.
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to read more
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.