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

"We must admit thatlaw must be valid, not merely for men, but for all rational creatures generally, not merely under certain contingent conditions or with exceptions, but with absolute necessity."

"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself."

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

"The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter."

"The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due."
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"I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service."
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"Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, 'Let's not wait for an actual crime to occur. Let's get the innocent."

"One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers."

"Were British protesters, armed with little more than a frisbee and a bag of plastic toy soldiers, really in danger of being shot by the US military in Gloucestershire?"
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