Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

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Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit...

Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit...

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

The trodden path is the safest

The trodden path is the safest

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...

It is important to remember that whereas justice has grandeur not devolving from the simian...

It is important to remember that whereas justice has grandeur not devolving from the simian...

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go...

Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go...

I used to want to be a Lawyer, but I didn't want to have half...

I used to want to be a Lawyer, but I didn't want to have half...

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

That which is not just is not law.

That which is not just is not law.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches