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Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]
Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]
Our system is not one of justice, but of law.
Our system is not one of justice, but of law.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
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.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
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.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set read more
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.