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Card #c1472IR // #c1472Synthesis

in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King

— In our words · Source: Common Sense (Thomas Paine)

[Use when]

A team bends its own rules for a star performer. Enforce the rule in public, or rewrite it in public for everyone.

[Why it matters]

A free state swaps the person at the top for a rule above everyone. He crowns the law in ceremony, then has the crown destroyed, so nobody mistakes the symbol for a sovereign.

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