In general, laws are tailored to suit the needs of the ones making them.

A nation of sheep will soon come to be lead by wolves.

Nations – rivers, masses of souls faster, slower, more clear, more muddy, more musical, more quiet that originate in unboundedness, converging towards unboundedness...

The happiness of a nation is not collective unless the nation is one of clowns. Neither is unhappiness...

When the vigilance and dignity of the nations are at sleep, it is the waking and working time of tyrants.

Try to learn from the past when is still present. Future seems often not obey the same laws.