When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel…

Frederic Bastiat
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When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. ✨ Frederic Bastiat (2006). The Law, p.10, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
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