"The history of what the law has been is necessary to the knowledge of what the law is."
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"But the word "right" is one of the most deceptive of pitfalls; it is so easy to slip from a qualified meaning in the premise to an unqualified one in the conclusion. Most rights are qualified."
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"It is perfectly easy to be original by violating the laws of decency and the canons of good taste."
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"The practice of law sharpens the mind by making it narrow."
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"It is easy enough to say, I do not believe in God. For God permits all things to be said of Him with impunity. he looks at our acts. And any breach of His Law carries with it, not its vindictive, but it purifying, compelling punishment."
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"Buddha emphasized and re-declared the eternal and unalterable existence of the moral government of this universe. He unhesitatingly said that the law was God Himself."
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"Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life."
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"One who hooks his fortune to ahimsa, the law of love, daily lessens the circle of destruction and to that extent promotes life and love."
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"If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?"
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"Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved."
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"I'm not going to allow anybody to hold a badge up over me or a cross or any other power symbol and say I'm going to kill you and you're just going to kneel down to me because I'm the law."
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"To be entirely free, and at the same time entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life."
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"Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws."
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"We are all bound thither; we are hastening to the same common goal. Black death calls all things under the sway of its laws. [Lat., Tendimus huc omnes; metam properamus ad unam. Omnia sub leges mors vocat atra suas.]"
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"A man with a club is a law-maker."
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"The laws that stopped blacks from voting were the worst, because they prevented blacks from voting someone into parliament who could change the other laws. Even though the blacks were the majority of the population, they were still not getting a say."
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"Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done is right or wrong, you follow the process. And so, the end result is just by definition within that alternative universe that is American law. Most people still operate within a moral universe where principles of good and bad and what is right and wrong in itself, and not just as a result of the process."
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"When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty."
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"When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do, that is persecution; when I prevent you from doing anything you want to do, that is law, order, and morals."
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"Law of the Minimum: "The worst potential competition for any organism can come from its own kind. The species consumes necessities. Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount. The least favourable condition controls the rate of growth.""
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