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You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
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.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
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.
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!
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
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.
…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks read more
…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero…
