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    Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.

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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.

by Ashleigh Brilliant Found in: Law Quotes,
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The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

by Learned Hand Found in: Law Quotes,
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Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the read more

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.

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

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

by Edna Buchanan Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Finley Peter Dunne Found in: Law Quotes,
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How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in read more

How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!

by Anatole France Found in: Law Quotes,
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You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

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

by Will Rogers Found in: Law Quotes,
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Petty laws breed great crimes.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

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In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, read more

In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the symbol to symbolize.

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