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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.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick read more
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
