"Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them."

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"Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them."

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

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 law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

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"Laws are always unstable unless they are founded upon the manners of the nation, manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

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"When you kill a man, You steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, Rob his children of a father."

Khaled Hosseini, Afghan Novelist

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"What's law? Control? Law filters chaos and what drips through? Serenity? Law -- our highest ideal and our basest nature. Don't look too closely at the law. Do, and you'll find the rationalized interpretations, the legal casuistry, the precedents of convenience. You'll find the serenity, which is just another word for death."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"This extraordinary tale of madness, leading up to Stephen being sectioned off to the lunatic asylum at Broadmoor, also reveals Stephen's eventual fight to win his freedom from the asylum, which saw his legal team mount a successful challenge against the 'criminally insane' label that was keeping him in Broadmoor. Moyle's legal team successfully argued that he was either a criminal or insane, he could not be both."

Stephen Richards, British Author

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"The Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is a forum of legal fad and fashion."

A.E. Samaan, American Author

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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."

"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."

"The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind."

"Laws are always unstable unless they are founded upon the manners of the nation, manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people."

"When you kill a man, You steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, Rob his children of a father."

"The Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is a forum of legal fad and fashion."

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"Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view."

"If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers."

"A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting."

"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way."

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"The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject."