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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
The law is above the law, you know.
The law is above the law, you know.
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.
Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more
Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
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.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
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.
