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"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."	Henry Alfred Kissinger
"If you think that you can think about a thing, inextricably attached to something else, without thinking of the thing it is attached to, then you have a legal mind."	Henry C. Blinn
"Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals."	Henry Louis Mencken
"Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life."	Henry Ward Beecher
"...each of us has to find out for himself what is permitted and what is forbidden - forbidden for him. It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. And vice versa. Actually it's only a question of convenience. Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them; things are forbidden to them that every honorable man will do any day in the year and other things are allowed to them that are generally despised. Each person must stand on his own feet."	Herman Hesse
"From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived. . .Of these Souls there are many changes, some into a more fortunate estate, and some quite contrary. . .Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine. Once separated from the body, and after the struggle to acquire piety, which consists in knowing God and injuring none, such a soul becomes all intelligence. The impious soul, however, punishes itself by seeking a human body to enter into, for no other body can receive a human soul; it cannot enter the body of an animal devoid of reason. Divine law preserves the human soul from such infamy. . .The soul passeth from form to form; and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold. Thou puttest off thy bodies as raiment; and as vesture dost thou fold them up. Thou art from old, O Soul of Man; yea, thou art from everlasting."	Hermes
"Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it."	Howard Mumford Jones
"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law."	Hubert H. Humphrey
"Water, everywhere over the earth, flows to join together. A single natural law controls it. Each human is a member of a community and should work within it."	I Ching
"In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order."	Idi Amin Dada
"May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law."	Immanuel Kant
"Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth ... Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar."	J(ohn) Edgar Hoover
"If you're a boxing referee, it's probably illegal to wear a bow tie that spins or changes colors."	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
"If you want to be the popular one at a party, here's a good thing to do: Go up to some people who are talking and laughing and say, 'Well, technically that's illegal.' It might fit in with what somebody just said. And even if it doesn't, so what, I hate this stupid party."	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
"Intelligence is when you spot a flaw in your boss's reasoning. Wisdom is when you refrain from pointing it out."	James Dent
"For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it."	James 2:10 Bible
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose."	James Earl Jones
"An act of terrorism totally outside the bounds of international law and diplomatic tradition. ... a crisis [that] calls for firmness and restraint."	James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.
"I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But I don't think that he thinks he did."	James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.
"A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table."	Jean Kerr
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