Laws derive their authority from possession and custom. 'Tis dangerous… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

Laws derive their authority from possession and custom. 'Tis dangerous to trace them back to their beginning; they grow great, and ennoble themselves, like our rivers, by running on; but follow them upward to their source, 'tis but a little spring, scarce discernable,

Lugar: Chapter XII. Apology For Raimond Sebond. · ¶2766
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