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.

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.

The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.

The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.

The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.

The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.

Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Is not the winding up witnesses,
And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
For witnesses, like watches, read more

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.

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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they read more

Law school taught me one thing: how to take two situations that are exactly the same and show how they are different.