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"Appeal in law: to put the dice into the box for another throw."

"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself."

"The lawyer's world is entire unto itself, the human pared away."

"The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter."

"The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due."
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"I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service."

"The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order. The robber, on the other hand, is intent, not on honest toil, but on the forcible appropriation of the fruits of others' labor."
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"He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius."


"No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them."


"I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor."


"Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes."


"Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent."


"The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian."
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