Law is king of all.

Law is king of all.

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

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

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more

Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated read more

For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated into the mysteries.

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.

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

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.

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

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