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Maria Edgeworth

"The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law."

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"The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law."

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"The Law of Cause and Effect is as active in your life as the Law of Gravity. It teaches us that for every action there is a reaction."

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"The police frequently do not enforce the rule of law."

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"The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice."

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"Modesty forbids what the law does not."

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"My biggest problem is that my flight is to depart from Denpasar International Airport in Indonesia, where the penalty for drug trafficking is death by firing squad."

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

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

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

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"The world is so lawful that not even a single mosquito can touch you, as long as you do not interfere. If your interference stops, everything will stop."

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"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."

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"Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget."
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