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"I think the law is generally reasonable."
"Do not lay down any rules beyond what I appointed you, and do not give a law like the lawgiver lest you be constrained by it."

Law is a set of rules that are created and enforced by governmental or societal institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a legislature, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or by judges' decisions, whic
"I think the law is generally reasonable."
"A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people."
"The glorious uncertainty of law."
"The law does not act vindictively."
"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."
"Initia magistratum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat."