Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal but it can never be realized for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal but it can never be realized for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
H.L. Mencken

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Qualsiasi persona normale di tanto in tanto prova la tentazione di sputarsi nelle mani issare la bandiera nera e cominciare a tagliare le gole.
- H.L. Mencken

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal but it can never be realized for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. H.L. Mencken

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal but it can never be realized for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
H.L. Mencken