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For where a particular statute is regarded as foolish or obnoxious by a considerable body of persons, they will rejoice in breaking it.
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Harold J. Laski
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He concludes that when a law is widely viewed as foolish, people will take pleasure in breaking it, undermining its authority.
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There are realms of conduct within which, to be free, I must be permitted to act as I please; to be denied self-expression there, is to be denied freedom.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
If he stands alone, he has neither the knowledge nor the power to secure for himself proper protection.
The State has power only for the protection of natural law.
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