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Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.
Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there read more
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
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.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
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.
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.
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.
