"Lawsuit mania"… a continual craving to go to law against others, while considering themselves the injured party."

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"The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them."

— John Rawls

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"A truly enlightened ruler uses the law to select men for him; he does not choose them himself. He uses the law to weigh their merits; he does not attempt to judge them for himself."

— Han Fei

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