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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.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
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.
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
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.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
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.
