“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.”

“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.”

“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!”

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants it is the creed of slaves.”

“If I were an American as I am an Englishman while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms - never! never! never!”

“Where law ends there tyranny begins.”

“Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.”

“So the next day I asked Dan how is it that Bubba can get killed, and what kind of half assed nature law would allow that. He thought about it for a while, and said, 'Well, I'll tell you, Forrest, a...”

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”