The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.

. . . for men felt therein the presence of that great human thing which is called law, and that great divine thing which is called justice.

Het op eigen gezag beslechten van geschillen mocht dan in vroegere tijden gangbaar zijn, thans behoort het thuis bij de rechterlijke macht.

Hii ni sheria ya akili yangu: Akili yangu ni muhimu kuliko familia yangu. Nisipoitunza vizuri akili yangu, sitaitunza vizuri familia yangu.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

It must never be forgotten that the general standard of learning and culture of a nation has a large part in determining its law and polity.

Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

Popularity gives you power only over people who care about being popular. Ostracism gives you power only over those who fear being ostracized.

Not how it is meant. Law is defined by its effect rather than its intention, and its chief affect his accusation, the intimation of less-than.

It seemed to me that if the lawyers failed to do their duty, they ought to pay people for waiting upon them, instead of making them pay for it.

My main problem with cops is that they do what they're told. They say 'Sorry mate, I'm just doing my job' all the fucking time.

I can't say I know at this moment what all these laws are. But on some level everybody knows that we are all getting exactly what we deserve.

There are laws. There are rules. And when you break them, there are consequences. Laws of nature and laws of life. Laws of love and laws of death.

True freedom, which is full joy, is the complete recognition of law and adaptation to it. Bondage comes from ignorance of law or opposition to it.