The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. ✨ Ab…

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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (1999). The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations, Gramercy
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