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 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a 
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every read more 
 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a 
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin 
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the 
race that is set before us,
 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for 
the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the 
same, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows read more
The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects.
Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.
Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.
 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. 
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Law is a bottomless pit.
Law is a bottomless pit.
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 aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.