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by the law

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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

It seems clear to me that marriage ought to be constituted by children, and relations not involving children ought to be ignored by the law and treated as indifferent by public opinion. It is only through children that relations cease to be a purely private matter. Bertrand Russell

An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth-a fact that is recognized by the law of libel. Mark Twain

All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge.... And now revenge was all that life had left for him. Vernor Vinge

Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped. Timothy Murphy

Need is not governed by the law. Icelandic Proverb

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