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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.
America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.
America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.
A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends.
Cannot I say, as truly at least, of read more
A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends.
Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where
mystery begins, justice ends?
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
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.
It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.
It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they read more
Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different.