That Just Ain’t Right
It’s a sad cliche, but justice and law have little to do with each other.
Given the number of injustices in the world, it’s too bad there are so many courts of law….
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.
-Norm Crosby
Justice is incidental to law and order.
-J. Edgar Hoover
Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.
-Edgar Argo
Good lawyers know the law; great lawyers know the judge.
-Unknown
Did Tacitus and Lao-tzu have time machines, or do things really never change?
The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.
-Tacitus, Annals
The greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
-Lao-tzu