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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching read more
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Knowing this, that the law read more
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but
for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners,
for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of
mothers, for manslayers.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should read more
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, read more
In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the symbol to symbolize.
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage read more
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."
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.