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Pipistrello • 1880
Petty laws breed great crimes.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker argues that trivial or overzealous rules do not prevent wrongdoing but help produce serious offences. When small infractions are criminalised, ordinary people are pushed into conflict with the law, and the system's pettiness can escalate into genuine harm.
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