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There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
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.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks read more
…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero…
For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated read more
For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated into the mysteries.
Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, read more
Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every read more
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the
race that is set before us,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for
the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the
same, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
