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Who said, "Selective enforcement is the first sign of Tyranny"?

This saying has been bouncing around the web recently as if it were a famous quote, but I can't find any attribution in any of the "quotation" websites. Any help would be appreciated!

Update:

Yes, that is where I saw it. It sounds like a quotation, but there is no attribution. Perhaps it was just invented by the author of that article. Hmm...

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    I popped that into Google and came up with this:

    Selective enforcement of the law is the first sign of tyranny. A government empowered to determine arbitrarily who may operate outside the rule of law invariably embraces favoritism as friends, allies and those with the best-funded lobbyists are rewarded. Favoritism inevitably leads to corruption, and corruption invites extortion. Ultimately, the rule of law ceases to exist in any recognizable form, and what is left is tyranny.

    America’s founders rejected that road to tyranny when they boldly declared that all men are created equal. They wrote a Constitution meant to secure the promise of equal protection under the law.

    Dr Wolf is the cousin of Chairman "O". Go check this out >>> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/20/ob...

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  • 1 decade ago

    "Selective enforcement of the law is the first sign of tyranny. A government empowered to determine arbitrarily who may operate outside the rule of law invariably embraces favoritism as friends, allies and those with the best-funded lobbyists are rewarded. Favoritism inevitably leads to corruption, and corruption invites extortion. Ultimately, the rule of law ceases to exist in any recognizable form, and what is left is tyranny.

    "America’s founders rejected that road to tyranny when they boldly declared that all men are created equal. They wrote a Constitution meant to secure the promise of equal protection under the law."

    Dr. Milton R. Wolf -The Washington Times

  • John R
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Moses. Or Gandhi.

  • 1 decade ago

    It was definitely an American

    He was living it!

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