You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when read more
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
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.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should read more
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
