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Quote from Cornelius Tacitus,


"Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges."
"(The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.)"


By:

Cornelius Tacitus (more quotes by Cornelius Tacitus or books by/about Cornelius Tacitus)


(55-117 A.D.) Senator and historian of the Roman Empire

Source:

Annales, 1st century A.D.

Categories:

Corruption, Law, Proverbs, Statism

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