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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
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.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
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.
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument read more
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.
One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more
One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
