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.

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for read more

I can't do literary work for the rest of this year because I'm meditating another lawsuit and looking around for a defendant.

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

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.

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 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.

We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of read more

We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.