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In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant recurrence of small expenses in time eats up a fortune.
— Aristotle
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Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.
— Henry Wriston
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