Quote by Henry Miller
The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. – Henry Miller

Other quotes by Henry Miller

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in. – Henry Miller

Category:
Murder
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Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into a bundle of inanimate fear. You become the very soul of anesthesia. But there is no escaping him. It is your turn now… – Henry Miller

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Torture
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Its silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons. – Henry Miller

Category:
Pretending
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Other Quotes from
legal
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Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who reports what he has seen. – Paul Ricoeur

Category:
legal

Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administrations current policy affects that legality 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government. – Roger Wicker

Category:
legal

Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still dont think I do. I write stories about women. – Lisa Scottoline

Category:
legal

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money. – Mary Roberts Rinehart

Category:
legal

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