“Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. “ –Will Rogers, American humorist, 1879-1935 (quote undated). Sources: http://www.azquotes.com/quote/249444 http://tinyurl.com/hngebuo http://tinyurl.com/hkq4c2m http://tinyurl.com/z9p5feh

“We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror.” —William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 2, Scene 1. Sources: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/measure_2_1.html http://shakespeare.mit.edu/measure/measure.2.1.html http://www.bartleby.com/70/1421.html

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.’” –Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963. Sources: http://tinyurl.com/ovcktqb http://tinyurl.com/hffv38e http://tinyurl.com/jrra2hy

“Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!” –J.K. Rowling, Author, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007. Sources: http://tiny.cc/yj29hy http://tiny.cc/bm29hy http://tiny.cc/6h29hy http://tiny.cc/rl29hy

“I consider [trial by jury] as the only anchor, ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” –Thomas Jefferson, U.S President, Letter to Thomas Paine, 1789.   Sources: http://tinyurl.com/zqnkkyr http://tinyurl.com/nqty5ps http://tinyurl.com/gppybm3