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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.
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.
The law is above the law, you know.
The law is above the law, you know.
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
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.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, read more
In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the symbol to symbolize.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.