Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
- Anacharsis, Scythian philosopher (600 BC)
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
- Plato
As a famous Atlanta radio host says we are a country ruled by laws. Amazing isn`t that most all the lawmakers are lawyers these days. Also the lawmakers,judges, and judicial are among the wealthiest of our citizens.
This situation is not by accident.