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 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. 
 The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very 
expensive and dilatory.  
 The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very 
expensive and dilatory. 
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
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.
 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render 
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; read more 
 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render 
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God 
the things that are God's. 
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching read more
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it 
be not changed, according to the law read more 
 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it 
be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, 
which altereth not. 
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.