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Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
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.
Is not the winding up witnesses,
And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
For witnesses, like watches, read more
Is not the winding up witnesses,
And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?
For witnesses, like watches, go
Just as they're set, too fast or slow;
And where in Conscience they're strait-lac'd,
'Tis ten to one that side is cast.