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

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

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.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, read more

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there read more

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.