"The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.“


-Bertolt Brecht

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The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

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