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The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
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.
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."
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows read more
The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects.
