“Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz. by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer, if they break them.”

Of Laws.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections

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English politician 1633–1695

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