Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is
an objective rule of conduct. Now I saw that one man was to be bound by
it, but the other was not, one was to obey a rule, the other was to assert
an arbitrary wish -- his need -- and the law was to stand on the side of the
wish. Justice was to consist of upholding the unjustifiable.
-- Judge Narragansett
an objective rule of conduct. Now I saw that one man was to be bound by
it, but the other was not, one was to obey a rule, the other was to assert
an arbitrary wish -- his need -- and the law was to stand on the side of the
wish. Justice was to consist of upholding the unjustifiable.
-- Judge Narragansett
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- What law? I did not give it up -- it has ceased to exist.
But I am still working in the profession I had chosen... - No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound
to enforce it.
16 Am. Jur. Sec. 177 late 2d, Sec... - It is much safer to obey than to rule.
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Thomas A.... - Let them obey that know not how to rule.
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William... - If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the
shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton In the sciences, we are now uniquely... - OML Obey
Murphy's... - To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate
enemies;
because he would be made sensible of his good or ill... - First as to speech. That privilege rests upon the premise that
there is no proposition so uniformly acknowledged that it may not be
lawfully challenged,
questioned, and debated. It need not rest upon the... - Bob: Only _I_ could have executed such a masterpiece of electoral
fraud.
And I have the records to prove it! Here, just look...
