The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The law's made to take care o' raskills.

The law's made to take care o' raskills.

The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

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.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.

No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.