If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
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Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law? — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
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The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity;… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is… — Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet Copy Share Image
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There were some super-lean years, yeah. I'm six feet four. And I entered into this period all of a sudden when I… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
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