The touchstone of everything that can be concluded as a law… - Immanuel Kant

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The touchstone of everything that can be concluded as a law for a people lies in the question whether the people could have imposed such a law on itself.

Immanuel Kant

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Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.

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