Quote #18

Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.

More from A. P. Herbert

  1. 'Was the cow crossed?' 'No, your worship, it was an open cow.'
  2. The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong…
  3. The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. He does not play cricket because it is a good game, but because it creates …
  4. The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.
  5. A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been prov…
  6. A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
  7. People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
  8. It cannot be too clearly understood that this is not a free country, and it will be an evil day for the legal profession when it is.

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