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> [Wise laws and just restraints are to a noble nation not chains, but chains of mail, -- strength and defense, though something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/wise-laws-and-just-restraints-are-to-a-noble-nation-not-chains-but/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/you-can-have-no-wise-laws-nor-free-enforcement-of-wise-laws-unless/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

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> [When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-antoine-de-saint-just/when-a-people-having-become-free-establish-wise-laws-their-revolution/)

[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-antoine-de-saint-just/)

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> [When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-antoine-de-saint-just/when-a-people-having-become-free-establish-wise-laws-their-revolution-2/)

[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-antoine-de-saint-just/)

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> [We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dalton/we-should-scarcely-be-excused-in-concluding-this-essay-without/)

[John Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dalton/)

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> [Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/customs-may-not-be-as-wise-as-laws-but-they-are-always-more-popular/)

[Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/)

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