Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick read more

Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.

An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend read more

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

Law is a bottomless pit.

Law is a bottomless pit.

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.

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

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