Portal:Law/Selected quotations/4

“

The Law is the true embodiment
Of everything that's excellent.
It has no kind of fault or flaw,
And I, my Lords, embody the Law.

”

— W. S. Gilbert, librettist of Iolanthe, in which the Lord Chancellor sings this song

Source

Gilbert, W. S." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Ed. Susan Ratcliffe. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 22 September 2010 [1]