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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)...
Laws are made for us; we are not made for the laws.
Laws are only words words written on paper, words that change on society's whim and are interpreted differently daily by politicians, lawyers, judges, and policemen.
Anyone who believe...
Laws can discover sin, but not remove. -- Milto
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. -- Seneca, 65 AD
Laws don't work, unless they merely codify generally accepted behavior, in which case they are probably unnecessary.
-- tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu...
Laws on date rape create a climate of date hate.
LAWS: poor substitutes for personal responsibility.
Laws should not depend on a particular choice of notation. -- The Principle of Indifference
Law stands mute in the midst of arms. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

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