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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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Lord Halifax
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Although the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice. – Charles T. Sprading, Freedom and its Fundamentals

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Law is not justice and a trial is not a scientific inquiry into truth. A trial is the resolution of a dispute. – Edison Haines

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