Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. Read Summary
I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. Read Summary
Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. Read Summary
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. Read Summary
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Read Summary
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. Read Summary
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community. Read Summary
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Read Summary
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. Read Summary
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. Read Summary
It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. Read Summary
I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law. Read Summary
Undocumented aliens unfortunately are not protected by the law, and they are tremendously subjected to exploitation. The result is that they would be willing to work for a wage that no person who is welcome in our shores would take. Read Summary
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. Read Summary
The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law. Read Summary
It is the right of government to protect the weak; it is the right of the weak to find in their courts fair treatment before the law. Read Summary
Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form the inner core of the beliefs of organized adult crime. Read Summary
We know that we cannot live together without rules which tell us what is right and what is wrong, what is permitted and what is prohibited. We know that it is law which enables men to live together, that creates order out of chaos. We know that law is the glue that holds civilization together. Read Summary
The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away. Read Summary
It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the world. Read Summary