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Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.
If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
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.
Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, read more
Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while read more
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful
will easily break through them.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
