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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.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
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.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others read more
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
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.
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.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.