Discretion, like the hole in a doughnut, does not exist except as an area left open by a surrounding belt of restriction. (Ronald Dworkin)

Discretion, like the hole in a doughnut, does not exist except as an area left open by a surrounding belt of restriction.

Ronald Dworkin

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