You May Also Like / View all maxioms
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, read more
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.
The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, read more
Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.
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.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when read more
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
Law is a bottomless pit.
Law is a bottomless pit.
