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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.
Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the read more
Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.
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.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them read more
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a little.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others read more
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
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.
