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The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property, and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the State.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member – male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty – one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.