Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect fo…

Henry David Thoreau
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Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice. ✨ My Thoughts Are Murder to the State: Thoreau's Essays on Political Philosophy.
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