Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation. (Brooks Adams)

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.

Brooks Adams

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