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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
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- Clarence Darrow
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- Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Clarence Darrow: life dates 1857 to 1938. Wikidata Q449791, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449791 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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