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Full Idea
Easy change from established laws to new laws means weakening the power of the law.
Gist of Idea
If it is easy to change the laws, that makes them weaker
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1269a23)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.139
A Reaction
This is a reasonable justification for sometimes insisting on the letter of the law, even though some degree of injustice results.