The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Henry Ward Beecher on battery
Henry Ward Beecher170 quotes“The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.”
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