"Human law cannot punish or forbid all..." - Quote by Saint Augustine

“The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but- what is worse - the slave of as many masters as he has vices.”

“You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones.”

“No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.”

“If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?”

“When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognised. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before.”

“The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket.”

“Justice is impartiality. Only strangers are impartial.”

“It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.”

“Grievances cannot be redressed until they are known; and they cannot be known but through complaints and petitions. If these are deemed affronts, and the messengers punished as offenders, who will henceforth send petitions? And who will deliver them? Wise governments encouraged the airing of grievances, even those that were lightly founded Foolish governments did the opposite - to their peril. Where complaining is a crime, hope becomes despair.”