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Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
The law is above the law, you know.
The law is above the law, you know.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others read more
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
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.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.
Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.