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It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
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.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.
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.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
