[Most legislation] will have the effect of surrounding the industry which it touches with precautions and investigations, inspections and regulations, in which it will be slowly enveloped and stifled. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

[Most legislation] will have the effect of surrounding the industry which it touches with precautions and investigations, inspections and regulations, in which it will be slowly enveloped and stifled.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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