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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
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Laws
Clothes
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Law
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Anarchy
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Serve
People
Fit

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