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type: note
tags: [paradox, philosophy, note]
created: 2025-10-27T09:17:57.483Z
---# justice paradoxe

“As the number of laws increases, justice decreases.”

It appears in many traditions, including:

Tacitus: “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”

Montesquieu: who warned that overly detailed law undermines liberty.

Hayek and von Mises (Austrian economists): arguing that central planning replaces personal moral order with bureaucratic control.

Tao Te Ching: “The more rules and regulations, the more thieves and robbers.”


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**Keywords:** paradox, philosophy, note
