To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there read more

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while read more

Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful
will easily break through them.

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.

Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."

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.

It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the read more

It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.

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.