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Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.
Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick read more
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.
Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.
Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.
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.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg read more
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
