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This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick read more
Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizens pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.
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.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
Law is a bottomless pit.
Law is a bottomless pit.
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.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]
Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]
