"The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles."

Law, Miracles, Order, Problems

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"The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles."

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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The laws of men are not infallible."

Wayne Gerard Trotman, British Author

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"There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"In law, nothing is certain but the expense."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Law, Nothing

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Law, Perception, Observation, Justice

"When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!"

Kenneth Eade, American Author

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"The law is logical and is based on common sense. The trick was to argue the law in favor of your particular point of view without sounding biased. It was kind of like a magic trick: the best illusionist being the one who can best manipulate the logic to his or her advantage, all the while giving the illusion of impartiality."

Kenneth Eade, American Author

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"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles."

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"Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."

Happiness, Courage, End, Independence

"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself."

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"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done."

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"I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live."

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"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."

Men, Women, Fear, Free speech

"To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution."

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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."

"The laws of men are not infallible."

"There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders."

"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught."

"In law, nothing is certain but the expense."

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

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

"When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!"

"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."

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"The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities."

"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable."

"If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold."

"The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles."

"Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."

"We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself."

"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done."

"I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live."

"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."

"To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution."