There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. - Charles de Montesquieu

"Whatever he may seem to us, he is a servant of the law, and therefore beyond human judgement. "
"That thinking may work in absurdist novels, but not in real life."
"I don't know, Peter. That Kafka, he's one smart dude. When you think about it, you and me, we do our dances in the courtroom. But that's all it is. We dance around the law. But Banks, he puts on a badge and a gun out on the street and he lives, maybe dies, by it."
"So, he can kill with impunity?"
"No, of course not. But this... this broken system that we dance around with, I'm not so sure that it's prepared to judge him." - Chicago Justice

Government lawyers, useless, aren't they? - The Night Manager

We're poor. When has the law ever cared for folks like us?