"In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous"
-Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56-117 ce.)
Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. I thought it was funny when I saw this because in law we had just talked about the size of the Roman Empire and thats why it had need for lawiers, because of the many laws. So I'd assume with an empire roughly two thirds of the United States you would have a need for many laws because of corruption, for a nation of 10 people 1 may be corrupt and a nation of 100,000 perhaps 100. So reading this quote wasnt suprising in any way but I did find it intresting.
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