Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power. In all other cases, observe it.
Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun.
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
