Our very attempt to secure the rights of all classes by the careful drawing up of civil and criminal codes, and by the institution of courts where they are administered, has fostered the Litigiousness of the people, and has led to a fearful amount of perjury.
"Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877"
James Kennedy
Litigiousness got no play where courts did not exist, and perjury could not show itself where witnesses were not examined.
"Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877"
James Kennedy
His interest in, and comprehension of, that highest earthly concern of man-the State-is much too little developed; his craving for instruction and cultivation, considered on the whole, is too small; and in the larger portion of the Fatherland his soul is still encumbered by some of the qualities which are nurtured by long oppression, hard egotism, distrust of men differently moulded, Litigiousness, awkwardness, and a deficient understanding of his rights and position as a citizen.
"Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I."
Gustav Freytag