Quote by Lord Halifax
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. – Lord Halifax

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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. – Lord Halifax

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If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law. – Lysander Spooner, Trial by Jury

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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. – Welsh Proverb

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The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known. – Charles Evans Hughes

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This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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