Voltaire: Laws should never be in contradiction to usages; for, if the usages are good, the laws are valueless.

Laws should never be in contradiction to usages; for, if the usages are good, th — Voltaire

Laws should never be in contradiction to usages; for, if the usages are good, the laws are valueless.

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