Quote by H.L. Mencken
Judge: a law student who marks his own papers. - H.L. Mencken

Judge: a law student who marks his own papers. – H.L. Mencken

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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. – H.L. Mencken

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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. – H.L. Mencken

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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. – H.L. Mencken

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The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want. – Aristotle, Politics

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Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master. – Jesse Jackson

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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. – Earl Warren

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Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. – Bertrand Russell, Look, 1954

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