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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg read more
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
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.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while read more
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful
will easily break through them.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the read more
Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.
It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.
It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.
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.
