The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.

The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.

The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.

Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.

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You can't control the audience. When you're on the air and they're not coming to the party, it's time to shut down the party.

A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.

Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we loved Jesus.

What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people.

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Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.

Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.

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