"Laws always lose in energy what the..." - Quote by Immanuel Kant
Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.
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“The history of the human race, viewed as a whole, may be regarded as the realization of a hidden plan of nature to bring about a political constitution, internally, and for this purpose, also externally perfect, as the only state in which all the capacities implanted by her in mankind can be fully developed.”
“Innocence is indeed a glorious thing; but, unfortunately, it does not keep very well and is easily led astray.”
“It is precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy consists.”
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“The weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community. In a republic like ours the governing class is composed of the strong men who take the trouble to do the work of government; and if you are too timid or too fastidious or too careless to do your part in this work, then you forfeit your right to be considered one of the governing and you become one of the governed insteadone of the driven cattle of the political arena.”
“Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.”
“Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.”
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“Taste cannot be controlled by law.”
“The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket.”
“In Los Angeles, the jury in the Reginald Denny Beating trial, after much thinking, concludes, that Person A is not necessarily trying to kill Person B just because Person A happens to very deliberately bash Person B's skull in with a brick. The verdict is applauded by scientists at the Tobacco Institute.”