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The Threepenny Opera Quotes

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it. - Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera Quotes)

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it.[Das Gesetz ist einzig und allein gemacht zur Ausbeutung derer, die es nicht verstehen.]

Source:(Penguin Books, ed. 2007), Act III, Scene 7, Page 63
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Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera Quotes)
  • Book: The Threepenny Opera
  • Writer: Bertolt Brecht
  • Genre: Plays
  • Published: 1928
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