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«Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them»
Author: George Savile | About: Law and lawyers | Keywords: execute, sorts, viz., viz
«Laws are like spiders' webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape»
«Laws can discover sin, but not remove it»
«Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it»
«Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them»
«Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the non fulfillment of which those who do not fulfill them are subjected to personal injuries, the loss of liberty, and even capital punishment.»
«Laws are inoperative in war»
«Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.»
«Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.»
«Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure»

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