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"In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous." -
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Top 5 quotes from Tacitus
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Top 5 quotes from Laws
"There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one."
"In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous."
"When you break the big laws, you do not get freedom; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws."
"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."
"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed."
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