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"The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man."
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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."

"Legal investigation. As Clinton noted, "My goal in this deposition was to be truthful, but not particularly helpful."

"Anywhere in the world, if you see a law which is protecting the rapists, you must know that this law has been prepared by the rapists!"

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

"Understand now, I'm purely a fiction writer and do not profess to be an earnest student of political science, but I believe strongly that such a law as one prohibiting liquor is foolish, and all the writers, keenly interested in human welfare whom I know, laugh at the prohibition law."

"The universal law is very simple, but we look at it in a complex way."
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"Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us."

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it."

"Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers."

"What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart."

"The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency."

"It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it."
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