Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them. (Jonathan Swift)

Laws are best explained, interpreted and applied by those whose interest and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding them.

Jonathan Swift

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