# Quote — William Tenn, The Seven Sexes

> Laws produce lawbreakers, Bernie, like hens produce eggs. Civilization has nothing to do with it.

- Author: [William Tenn](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-tenn.md)
- Book: [The Seven Sexes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-tenn/the-seven-sexes.md)
- Page: 233
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-tenn/the-seven-sexes/laws-produce-lawbreakers

## More from this book

> “Size, power, numbers—since the beginning of time, those three have been trying to correlate with right and wrong. So far, they haven’t succeeded.”
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> Nodding, the Ambassador murmured, “Very true. But, on the other hand, they do exceedingly well with life and death.”

p. 142 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-tenn/the-seven-sexes/size-power-numbers-since.md)

> That’s the big gimmick in this business—dressing it up so they can’t tell it’s the same thing they’ve been seeing since they got their first universal vaccination. If you dress it up enough, the sticks will always go nuts over it. Maybe the critics will make cracks, sure, but who reads the critics?

p. 188 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-tenn/the-seven-sexes/thats-the-big.md)

> The sad truth about political saints of any given past is that nobody but a scholar will take the trouble to read their complete works and try to see them whole.

p. 147 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-tenn/the-seven-sexes/the-sad-truth.md)