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The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.
An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
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.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
