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Law Quotes - Page 167

I told him that I thought it was law logic - an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in Courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere else.

"Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848". Book by John Quincy Adams, 1875.

It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

"Retiring justice an 'unexpected liberal,' negotiator". CNN Wire Staff, www.cnn.com. April 9, 2010.

In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity.

John Locke, John W. Yolton (1977). “The Locke Reader: Selections from the Works of John Locke with a General Introduction and Commentary”, p.279, CUP Archive

This tendency to make laws that are convenient or advantageous rather than right has mushroomed.

John Howard Griffin (2006). “Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition”, p.71, Wings Press