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"The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it."
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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."
"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."
"There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders."
"Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor."
"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."
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"You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured."
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"Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions."
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