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To: MosesKnows
"When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you"...

...Well said

....~\\\ I Wish I had said it ///~...

37 posted on 04/03/2014 8:21:09 PM PDT by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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To: virgil283
I Wish I had said it

I also wish I could be that wise but that is a quote from Ayn Rand.

As is this quote :

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand

Long before Rand's observation, there was this quote.

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." - Tacitus, Roman Senator and Historian (A.D. c.56 - c. 115) Tacitus (c. 56/57-ca. 125) was a Roman orator and historian. In a life that spanned the reigns of the Flavian emperors and of Trajan and Hadrian, he played a part in the public life of Rome and became its greatest historian.

Fortunately, for us, some people share their observations of events that others live. Quotations provide a viable way to weave their wisdom and observations into our everyday lives.

38 posted on 04/04/2014 5:57:13 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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