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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.
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument read more
The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should read more
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very
expensive and dilatory.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.