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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.
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
Law is a bottomless pit.
Law is a bottomless pit.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when read more
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.
It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.
