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    It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

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The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.

by O Anna Niemus Found in: Law Quotes,
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should read more

A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.

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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Found in: Law Quotes,
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The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

by Roscoe Pound Found in: Law Quotes,
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The law is above the law, you know.

The law is above the law, you know.

by Dorothy Salisbury Davis Found in: Law Quotes,
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I have forgotten more law than you ever knew, but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.

I have forgotten more law than you ever knew, but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.

by Anon. Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Law Quotes,
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It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Law Quotes,
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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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