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← No country has a good legal code, because laws were made for particular times, places and needs

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 14 Feb 1776 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No country has a good legal code, because laws were made for particular times, places and needs No country has a good legal code, becauselaws were made for particular times,places and needs VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every actual state is corrupt, and good people must not obey the laws too well — tap to centre the map on it Every actual state is corrupt, andgood people must not obey the lawstoo well RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no good government but a republic, which is an empire of laws, not of men — tap to centre the map on it There is no good government but arepublic, which is an empire oflaws, not of men JA John Adams — holds since c. 1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Neither good laws nor a good situation can maintain a constitution against a country's manners — tap to centre the map on it Neither good laws nor a goodsituation can maintain aconstitution against a country'smanners AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: It seems most people have the sense to make laws, but not all are just enough to make good ones — tap to centre the map on it It seems most people have the senseto make laws, but not all are justenough to make good ones VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no meaningful right to make war under the law of nations — tap to centre the map on it There is no meaningful right to makewar under the law of nations IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a free country the law ought to be king, and there ought to be no other — tap to centre the map on it In a free country the law ought tobe king, and there ought to be noother Last stated 251 years ago 14 Feb 1776 TP Thomas Paine — holds since 1776-02-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The purpose of law is to preserve and enlarge freedom, and without law there is no freedom — tap to centre the map on it The purpose of law is to preserveand enlarge freedom, and without lawthere is no freedom JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Workers have no country, so communists cannot take one from them — tap to centre the map on it Workers have no country, socommunists cannot take one from them KM Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffs wouldforce a huge interest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis, because thebudget deficit would have to befinanced at home. Last stated 2 years ago 14 Apr 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: During post-2008 fiscal consolidation, the costs of high public debt were overestimated and fiscal multipliers were underestimated, understating the output costs of austerity. — tap to centre the map on it During post-2008 fiscalconsolidation, the costs of highpublic debt were overestimated andfiscal multipliers wereunderestimated, understating theoutput costs of austerity. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A corrupt, partisan majority on the Supreme Court has given Trump a huge amount of untrammeled power. — tap to centre the map on it A corrupt, partisan majority on theSupreme Court has given Trump a hugeamount of untrammeled power. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 7 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre No country has a good legal code, because laws were made for particular times, places and needs Last stated c. 1752–1774 Holds Voltaire Read this korrent →