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Quote of the Day: "The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we … Continue reading Quote of the Day: “The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.” Thomas Henry Huxley (Biologist) →

Quote of the Day: "Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience." Alexander Hamilton (Founding Father of the United States)

Quote of the Day: "Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered." Aristotle (Greek philosopher)

Quote of the Day: "A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability." Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. President)

Quote of the Day: "Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him." John Selden (English jurist)

Quote of the Day: "The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept." William Shakespeare in Measure for Measure

“… How dare we then, for the honor and glory of but one surname, persist in opposing the desire of millions of common-folk? In conscience, the general position abroad must be examined and popular opinion domestically ought be considered. I, together with the Emperor, henceforth and hereby transfer the ruling power to the common citizenry, … Continue reading Edict of the Day →

Quote of the Day: "Now these are the Laws of the Jungle, and many and mighty are they; But the head and the hoof of the Law, and the haunch and the hump, is Obey!" Rudyard Kipling (English journalist)

Quote of the Day: "Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer." George Herbert (Poet)