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Reminds me of the quote, "The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state."
by stygiansonic 13y ago
Reminds me of the quote, "The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state."
- Perceval 13y ago"And now bills were passed, not only for national objects but for individual cases, and laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt." —Tacitus, Annals, Book III, 27.
- stygiansonic 13y agoYes indeed - a more accurate translation, and with more relevant context.