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" We must not make a scare-crow 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. "
The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George ... - Page 21
by William Shakespeare - 1807
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The philosophy of William Shakespeare delineating in seven hundred and fifty ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 pages
...1, ii WHERE THERE IS NO JUSTICE SOMETIMES DESCENDS TO TYRANNY. ANGELO. We must not make a scare-crow Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. EscALus. Ay, but yet Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruise to death: Alas!...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1859 - 784 pages
...in Angelo'* Houte. Enter ANGELO, EscALrs, a Justice, Provost, Officers, and other Attendants. ANG. We must not make a scare-crow of the law, Setting...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. KM- u.. Ay, but yet Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, [man, Than fall, and bruise to death....
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Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar ..., Volume 10

North Carolina Bar Association - 1908 - 218 pages
...an achievement of statesmanship of which a thousand years may not exhaust or reveal all the good." "We must not make a scare-crow of the law, Setting...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror." There is, and has been for ages, a popular distrust of lawyers. A century ago, when Napoleon was apparently...
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Mutual Fund Amendments: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Commerce ..., Part 2

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance - 1970 - 1004 pages
...governed by the wisdom of the past. I appreciated your quotations. They remind me of one, though : "We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting...to fear the birds of prey and let it keep one shape til custom make it their perch and not their terror." I am wondering if that is not the wise advice...
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Mutual Fund Amendments: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, on H ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance - 1970 - 450 pages
...governed by the wisdom of the past. I appreciated your quotations. They remind me of one, though : "We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting...to fear the birds of prey and let it keep one shape til custom make it their perch and not their terror." I am wondering if that is not the wise advice...
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Antitrust enforcement: hearing before the Subcommittee on Antitrust ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Consumers, and Employment - 1978 - 1208 pages
...follows:] r Prepared Statement of AGW Biddle, President, Computer & Communications Industry Association ' We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting it...till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. " --Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Good morning Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee. My name is...
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Auto Repair: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance - 1979 - 592 pages
...machinery which keeps the law workable. The best quotation I know about that is Shakespeare's statement: "We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting...custom make it their perch, and not their terror." And I think that we need to make the law so it never can be the perch of those who are the regulated...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...'gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish the estate o' the world were now 10375 Measure for Measure Wi - 10376 Measure for Measure Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what...
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Deadly Disclosures: Whistleblowing and the Ethical Meltdown of Australia

William De Maria - 1999 - 324 pages
...corporate wrongdoing: whistleblower protection legislation. UVhistleblowing Laws The State Responds We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. -William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Whistleblower laws in Australia simply don't work. They don't...
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Adaptations of Shakespeare: A Critical Anthology of Plays from the ...

Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - 2000 - 330 pages
...and ESCALUS.) (During scene, ANGELO dons the Duke's garments of authority: cap and medallion.) ANGELO We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. ESCALUS Ay, but yet Let us be keen and rather cut a little Than fall, and bruise to death. Alas this...
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