No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

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.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

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.

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.

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?

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, read more

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.

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.

Our system is not one of justice, but of law.

Our system is not one of justice, but of law.