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The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in read more
How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!
If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which are not, and cannot be read more
If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which are not, and cannot be ‘identical with themselves’, the old dictum that ‘everything is identical with itself’ becomes in [today’s understanding of the universe] a principle invariably false to facts.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
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.
It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.
It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law.
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.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.
