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    Is not the winding up witnesses,
    And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
    For witnesses, like watches, go
    Just as they're set, too fast or slow;
    And where in Conscience they're strait-lac'd,
    'Tis ten to one that side is cast.

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Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

by George Chapman Found in: Law Quotes,
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If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

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There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."

by Edmund Burke Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Law Quotes,
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Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

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

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Law Quotes,
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Law is king of all.

Law is king of all.

by Henry Alford Found in: Law Quotes,
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The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Law Quotes,
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Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.

Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

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