"The science of legislation is like that of medicine in one respect: that it is far more easy to point out what will do harm than what will do good."

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There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one's debts, respecting one's parents and doing no voluntary harm to anyone. Those are all things easy to say and hard to do; they do not attract much attention, and win little honor in the world.

— Allan Bloom