A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends.
Cannot I say, as truly at least, of read more

A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends.
Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where
mystery begins, justice ends?

The law itself follows gold.

The law itself follows gold.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to read more

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

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.

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.

I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.

I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.

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.

I have forgotten more law than you ever knew, but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.

I have forgotten more law than you ever knew, but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.