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    Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

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Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

by Mark Twain Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Law Quotes,
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An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.

An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.

by Finley Peter Dunne Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Susan C. Ross Found in: Law Quotes,
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No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.

No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom
supported by popular opinion.

by Carrie Chapman Catt Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Anacharsis Found in: Law Quotes,
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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

by Bible Found in: Law Sayings, General Sayings,
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There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."

by Edmund Burke Found in: Law Quotes,
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