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Arms and laws do not flourish together.
Arms and laws do not flourish together.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument read more
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends.
Cannot I say, as truly at least, of read more
A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends.
Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where
mystery begins, justice ends?
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to read more
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.
