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Hard and inscrutable, when the law, to which the citizen naturally looks for protection, becomes itself a standing peril.
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He reflects on the dangers when the law, meant to protect citizens, instead becomes a threat.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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