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Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
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.
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should read more
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
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.
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.
The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows read more
The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects.
