A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.

Laws are only felt when the individual comes in conflict with them.

There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others read more

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.

All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend read more

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

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

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