"Unnecessary laws are not good laws, but traps for money."
by:
Thomas Hobbes
(1588-1679) English philosopher, political theorist
Source:
Leviathan, 1651
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A good start; unnecessary laws are not laws at all, but definitions of despotism and tyranny, reasons for compelled compliance, enforcement of victimless crimes, larceny with impunity, loss of individual rights, traps for money and . . .
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