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tlb
on Feb 26, 2009
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The most surprising thing I've seen in 2009, court...
"To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making."
-- Otto von Bismarck.
cpach
on Feb 26, 2009
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That's a great quote. Seems like the original version is by John Godfrey Saxe though, and reads "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/magazine/27wwwl-guestsafir...
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