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.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.

If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

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.

If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging.

If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging.