“Law is not something wrought out by man’s ingenuity, nor is it a decree of the people, but it is something eternal, governing the world by the wisdom of its commands and prohibitions.”
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“Whatever is just is also the true law, nor can this true law be abrogated by any written enactments.”
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“If there be such a power in the decrees and commands of fools, that the nature of things is changed by their votes, why do they not decree that what is bad and pernicious shall be regarded as good and wholesome, or why, if the law can make wrong right, can it not make bad good?”
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“Those who have made pernicious and unjust decrees, have made anything rather than laws.”
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“The law of all nations forbids one man to pursue his advantage at the expense of another.”
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