Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law
places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the
service of the plunderers, and treats the victim -- when he defends himself --
as a criminal. -- Frederic Bastiat, "The Law"
places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the
service of the plunderers, and treats the victim -- when he defends himself --
as a criminal. -- Frederic Bastiat, "The Law"
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Frederic Bastiat, "The... - It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal
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is entering the town.
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Pierre S. du... - Possession, n.
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as well as of fact, except that the Court may pass... - Juall's Law on Nice Guys:
Nice guys don't always finish last;
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