Quote#Education
They study the characteristics of law, and instead of perpetual…
Quote byPeter Kropotkin · 1842–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Law and Authority (1886), I.
English (original)
They study the characteristics of law, and instead of perpetual growth corresponding to that of the human race, they find its distinctive trait to be immobility, a tendency to crystallize what should be modified and developed day by day.
— Peter Kropotkin
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