All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Our system is not one of justice, but of law

The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect.

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass