What do you think of this quote by William Blake?

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The law exists to serve people, not people to serve the law. If the law no longer serves the people then the law must change. The lion and the ox have very different needs and ways of life, so there cannot be one law for both. The problem begins when the needs of the two come into conflict. Then you have to look for an impartial judge, but where to find him/her?...Show more

There shouldn't be different laws for different people. If you steal, you're a thief. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, Hispanic, rich, poor. You are still a thief. I don't think there's different laws for different people here in the US but the outcomes are different. Rich people are able to afford better lawyers so they may get off with just a slap on the wrist where a poor person may only be able to afford a bad lawyer (or have one appointed to them) and get prison time for the same crime the rich person committed. (You see it a lot when there is more than one person committing the same crime together (i.e. gang rape, murder, stealing, etc.)). That's where it isn't fair. I think everyone has the right to equal representation....Show more

Thomas is smart, the rest of you, well, not so smart. black and white, rich and poor, are not the important distinctions here.

think of a different kind of distinction, strong swimmers and weak ones, the expert boater and the neopyte, even your trustworthy son and your irresponsible one.

but Blake, like Nietzsche, has a more fundamental distinction in mind. there are great men -- and maybe great women -- and the rest of us, the vast herd, artists and philosophers and mystics, like Blake himself.

demanding that they live by the laws of herd is like keeping a stallion in a small corral, among the sheep. it would cripple the animal....Show more

I don't think their should be different laws for different people as we are all equal, and should have to abide by the same laws and rules....Show more