Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; th…

H. L. Mencken
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Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner ✨ H.L. Mencken (2012). Mencken Chrestomathy, p.260, Vintage
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