"The first duty of government is to protect the powerless against the powerful."
Code of Hammurabi, 1700 B.C.
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Hammurabi was normally a little harsh for my tastes, but if the above is accurate, the code had at least this much merit.

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
Tacitus
posted by billy on May 18, 2008 at 07:24:50 am #