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    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.

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I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.

I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an
whole people.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Law Quotes,
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People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to read more

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Law Quotes,
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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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It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.

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How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in read more

How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!

by Anatole France Found in: Law Quotes,
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Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Law Quotes,
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it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more

it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.

by Anderson Cooper Found in: Law Quotes,
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The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

by Roscoe Pound Found in: Law Quotes,
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This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

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