There Should Be a Law/Quotes

Running announcements on tram: "[...] Please! Stay away from electrified rails...."

Gordon Freeman: "Ha! Wow... I mean, how dumb would you have to be? I mean, they're not gonna say something like that unless somebody's already tried to do it, right?"

—Freeman's Mind, episode 1

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be enforced nor objectively interpreted--and you create a nation of law-breakers--and then you cash in on guilt."

—Floyd Ferris, Atlas Shrugged

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

—Thomas Reed