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There is in all of us a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons have erroneously held that things are "just" because the law makes them so.
Frederic BastiatAuthor
authority   blind   justice   law   Tags
Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
George Bernard ShawAuthor
crime   euphemisms   law   Tags
Well, law is a bit like a printing press - it’s kind of neutral, you can make it do anything. I mean, what lawyers are taught in law school is chicanery: how to convert words on paper into instruments of power. And depending where the power is, the law will mean different things.
Noam ChomskyAuthor
Understanding Power (2002)
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law   law school   power   printing press   words   Tags
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