"If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous."

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"If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous."

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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."

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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."

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"The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers."

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"But the new generation had tasted the wine of philosophy, and from this time onward the rich youth of Rome went eagerly to Athens and Rhodes to exchange their oldest faith for the newest doubts."

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"For what is philosophy but an art - one more attempt to give 'significant form' to the chaos of experience?"

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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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"The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers."

"We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street an Broadway."

"Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity."

"But the new generation had tasted the wine of philosophy, and from this time onward the rich youth of Rome went eagerly to Athens and Rhodes to exchange their oldest faith for the newest doubts."

"For what is philosophy but an art - one more attempt to give 'significant form' to the chaos of experience?"

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"Shame is a child of custom rather than of nature."

"No man is educated for statesmanship who cannot see his time from the perspective of the past."