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Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
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.
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 takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the read more
It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.
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.
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.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
