Honore de Balzac

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Louis XIV

It is legal because I wish it.

Ayn Rand on the power of government

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.