William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails."
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Jurisprudence
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Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"Nothing but a necessity invincible by any other means can justify ... a prostitution of laws, which constitute the pillars of our whole system of jurisprudence."
Edmund Burke
Philosopher, Politician
"There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, "What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused.""
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