You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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.
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
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.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
