“Do laws make Americans virtuous? We might as well ask if red lights stop cars.”
“Another lawful use of the law is, to consult it as a rule and pattern by which to regulate our spirit and conversation. The grace of God, received by faith, will dispose us to obedience in general, but through remaining darkness and ignorance we are much at a loss as to particulars. We are therefore sent to the law, that we may learn how to walk worthy of God, who has called us to his kingdom and glory; and every precept has its proper place and use.”
“Haki hushindana na sheria unapokuwa umeshtakiwa. Kama huna hatia lakini sheria ikasema una hatia, sheria imeishinda haki. Kama una hatia lakini sheria ikathibitisha kwamba huna hatia, sheria imeishinda haki. Kama huna hatia na sheria ikathibitisha kwamba huna hatia, sheria na haki vimelingana. Lakini kama utakata rufaa ikathibitika kwamba huna hatia, haki imeishinda sheria.”
“Sheria wakati mwingine inaweza kuonea mtu. Pigana hata tone la mwisho kutetea haki yako.”
“Instead of worrying or scaring Take the Laws of the Universe, Take the method or technique you know; If for some reason this method does not work for you, Learn another one fit for you AND FIX THAT”
“The lawbreaking itch is not always an anarchic one. In the first place, the human personality has (or ought to have) a natural resistance to coercion. We don’t like to be pushed and shoved, even if it’s in a direction we might choose to go. In the second place, the human personality has (or ought to have) a natural sense of the preposterous.”
“And least of all may they do unusual actions for fun . People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. If anything is said in this Court to encourage a belief that Englishmen are entitled to jump off bridges for their own amusement the next thing to go will be the Constitution. For these reasons, therefore, I have come to the conclusion that this appeal must fail. It is not for me to say what offence the appellant has committed, but I am satisfied that he has committed SOME offence, for which he has been most properly punished. Is It a Free Country?”
“In relation to law I am doubtful whether, even at the present time, science has fairly begun.”
“The present issue is one of comparative simplicity. That is, the facts of the case are intelligible to the least-instructed layman, and the only persons utterly at sea are those connected with the law. But FACTUM CLARUM, JUS NEBULOSUM, or, ;the clearer the facts, the more dubious the law. What the appellant did in fact is simple and manifest, but what offence, if any, he has committed in law is a question of the gravest difficulty. Is It a Free Country”
“When the Scripture relates redemption to the law of God, the terms it uses are to be carefully marked. It does not say we are redeemed from the law. That would not be an accurate description and the Scripture refrains from such an expression. We are not redeemed from the obligation to love the Lord our God with all our heart and soul and strength and mind and our neighbour as ourselves. The law is comprehended in these two commandments (Matt. 22:40) and love is the fulfilling of the law (Rom. 13:10)... It would contradict the very nature of God to think that any person can ever be relieved of the necessity to love God with the whole heart and to obey his commandments. When Scripture relates redemption to the law of God it uses terms that are more specific.”
“Kufanya kazi huku ukijua au hujui unavunja sheria ni uhuni. Sheria haina cha kujua au kutokujua sheria.”
“The law, notably tort law and the law of property based on the principle of exclusion, is historically prior to any proto-statal authority.”
“Be good, but if you can t be good then don t get caught!”
“So there are laws that are defensible but unenforceable, and there are laws impossible to infringe. But in the New York of Mayor Bloomberg, there are laws that are not possible to obey, and that nobody can respect, and that are enforced by arbitrary power. The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law. Tyranny can be petty. And “petty” is not just Bloomberg’s middle name. It is his name.”
“Law enforcement are the facilitators of corporate fraud.”
“Many and various are the New York tales that are told of professor Sidney Morgenbesser. During a conference of linguistic philosophers at Columbia University, he interrupted the pompous J. L. Austin, who was saying that while many double negatives express a positive—as in “not unattractive”—there is no example in English of a double positive expressing a negative. Morgenbesser’s interjection took the form of the two words “Yeah, yeah.” Or it could have been “Yeah, right.” On another occasion, he put his pipe in his mouth as he was ascending the subway steps. A policeman approached and told him that there was no smoking on the subway. Morgenbesser explained—pointed out might be a better term—that he was leaving the subway, not entering it, and had not yet lit up. The cop repeated his injunction. Morgenbesser reiterated his observation. After a few such exchanges, the cop saw he was beaten and fell back on the oldest standby of enfeebled authority: “If I let you do it, I’d have to let everyone do it.” To this the old philosopher replied, “Who do you think you are—Kant?” His last word was misconstrued, and the whole question of the categorical imperative had to be hashed out down at the precinct house. Morgenbesser walked. That, in my opinion, is the way that New York is supposed to be. Irony and a bit of sass, combined with a pugnacious independence, should always stand a chance against bovine officials who have barely learned to memorize such demanding mantras as “zero tolerance” and “no exceptions.” Today, the professor would be stopped, insulted, ticketed, and told that if he didn’t like it he could waste a day in court, or several days dealing with the bureaucracy, or both.”
“Цель права заключается не в достижении равноправия, а в предотвращении бесправия и произвола в отношении индивидуума.”