The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.
No judge writes on a wholly clean slate.
Jury: A group of twelve people selected to decide who has the better lawyer.
There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be.
The people should fight for their law as for a wall.
I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it.
The law's made to take care o' raskills.
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Causes Célèbres.
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