"Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny."

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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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"It was not the president's responsibility to run a law enforcement operation. It was ours."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

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"It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know."

Floyd Abrams, American Lawyer

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"I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

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"You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote."

James E. Rogers, American Educator

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"When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid."

Isabel Paterson, Canadian Journalist

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"I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master."

Brigham Young, American Leader

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"Society is indeed a contract ... it becomes a participant not only between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born."

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"Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."

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"Dangers by being despised grow great."

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"To innovate is not to reform."

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"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants."

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

"It was not the president's responsibility to run a law enforcement operation. It was ours."

"It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know."

"I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night."

"You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote."

"When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive."

"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

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

"As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid."

"I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master."

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"By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation."

"A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement."

"Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist."

"Society is indeed a contract ... it becomes a participant not only between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born."

"Facts are to the mind what food is to the body."

"Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."

"A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood."

"Dangers by being despised grow great."

"To innovate is not to reform."

"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants."