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Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
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.
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.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
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.
