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*The law cannot, must
not, rely upon charity, which is certainly a very beautiful thing, but
cannot be relied upon when legislating for human beings.
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-Jose Inacio Barros Cobra, opposing the
Rio Brance Law in Paraguay
July 21, 1871
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The life of the law is not logic, it is
experience.
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-Oliver Wendell Holmes
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It's a disconcerting thought to think that
it might only be an abstract concept, called law, which is preventing a
large segment of society from killing each other.
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-Eli Khamarov
America Explained
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It may be true that the law cannot make a
man love me. But it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's
pretty important.
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-Martin Luther King
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*The purpose of the law
is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually
committed.
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-Ayn Rand
Private correspondence to John Hospers (academic philosopher),
April 29, 1961
Letters of Ayn Rand, 1995
Chapter 7, "Letters to a Philosopher"
Michael S. Berliner, ed.
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*You know, someone in
my position---new inventions, new industries---is always on the thin
edge of breaking some law or other. Usually it's because the old laws
haven't caught up with the new technology. You can spend a lot of your
time in litigation. It cuts down your effectiveness.
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-Sol. R. Hadden, a character in Carl
Sagan's
Contact, 1985
Part II : The Machine, Chapter 16, "The Elders of Ozone"
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