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Quote by Lord Halifax
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. – Lord Halifax

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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. – Lord Halifax

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