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We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of read more
We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while read more
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful
will easily break through them.
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
