Law
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) U.S. writer of detective fiction.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) British novelist.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) British politician and author.
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third president of the United States.
The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.
The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.