القوانين التي لا تفعل سوى التهديد، ولا يُلتزم بها، تصير كالجذع الذي أُعطي للضفادع ملكاً عليها؛ فخافته أول الأمر، ثم احتقرته ودستته بأقدامها.

“Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.”Miguel de Cervantes — The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed (1847)