Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
Translation: The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
Original Quote: And now bills were passed, not only for national objects but for individual cases, and laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt.
Tacitus was a Roman (56AD-117AD) historian...and prophet? Because that quote seems prophetic when you watch modern government in action.
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