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

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

In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, read more

In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the symbol to symbolize.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

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.

There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

Law is a bottomless pit.

Law is a bottomless pit.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law read more

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians,
which altereth not.

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."