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.

Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

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.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

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

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

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

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?

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.

Law is a bottomless pit.

Law is a bottomless pit.