Bertolt Brecht Quote

The law is simply and solely made for the exploitation of those who do not understand it or of those who, for naked need, cannot obey it.


Polly Peachum, in Act 3, scene 1, p. 74 - The Threepenny Opera (1928)


The law is simply and solely made for the exploitation of those who do not understand it or of those who, for naked need, cannot obey it.

The law is simply and solely made for the exploitation of those who do not understand it or of those who, for naked need, cannot obey it.

The law is simply and solely made for the exploitation of those who do not understand it or of those who, for naked need, cannot obey it.

The law is simply and solely made for the exploitation of those who do not understand it or of those who, for naked need, cannot obey it.