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Any fool can make a rule

“Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.”

Henry David Thoreau

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There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws

“There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.”

– Alexis de Tocqueville

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Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
Frederic Bastiat

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The more laws and restrictions there are, the poorer the people become

The more laws and restrictions there are, the poorer the people become. – Lao Tsu

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Useless laws weaken the necessary laws

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. – Montesquieu

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Law, without force, is impotent

“Law, without force, is impotent.”

Blaise Pascal

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