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The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
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.
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.
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.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg read more
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
