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> [It is a part of the function of "law" to give recognition to ideas representing the exact opposite of established conduct. Most of the complications arise from the necessity of pretending to do one thing, while actually doing another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/it-is-a-part-of-the-function-of-law-to-give-recognition-to-ideas/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

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## More by Thurman Arnold

> [The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and autocratic power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/the-us-has-developed-two-coordinate-governing-classes-the-one-called/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

> [No rage is equal to the rage of a contented right-thinking man when he is confronted in the marketplace by an idea which belongs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/no-rage-is-equal-to-the-rage-of-a-contented-right-thinking-man-when/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

> [Dissent is not sacred; the right of dissent is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/dissent-is-not-sacred-the-right-of-dissent-is/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

> [Economic theology is the opiate of the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/economic-theology-is-the-opiate-of-the-middle-classes/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

> [It is a part of the function of "law" to give recognition to ideas representing the exact opposite of established conduct. Most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/it-is-a-part-of-the-function-of-law-to-give-recognition-to-ideas/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

> [The spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient interests, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/the-spectacle-of-a-judge-pouring-over-the-picture-of-some-nude-trying/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

> [Unhappy is a people that has run out of words to describe what is going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/unhappy-is-a-people-that-has-run-out-of-words-to-describe-what-is/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

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