Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. |
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. |
We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws. |
It isn't against the Law to be an idiot. |
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. |
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. |
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. |
Nothing is illegal until you get caught. |
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. |
Crime expands according to our willingness to put up with it. |