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There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive
to the least powerful in our society.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument read more
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law read more
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it
be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians,
which altereth not.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
