Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the read more

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.

The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them read more

The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a little.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."

The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.

The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.

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.

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.