Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.

Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.

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.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there read more

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Law is a bottomless pit.

Law is a bottomless pit.

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend read more

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching read more

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

Arms and laws do not flourish together.

Arms and laws do not flourish together.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set read more

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.