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The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law read more
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians,
which altereth not.
Arms and laws do not flourish together.
Arms and laws do not flourish together.
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.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set read more
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.