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Thomas Jefferson Quotes: Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended.
         

Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended.


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