There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This suggests that good laws are those that remove or cancel out bad or unnecessary laws.
- In plain terms
- A good law is one that gets rid of other bad laws.
- What can you take from it?
- Legislation often improves by repealing outdated rules.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is removing a law better than adding one?
- How do you identify bad laws?
Another view
Not all repeal leads to improvement; some good laws are lost.
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