Teju Cole quoteTeju Cole [1975-0]
Nigerian Writer 
Quote rank: 102
| In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The right to take human life belongs to the state. Not so in societies where weak courts and poor law enforcement are combined with intractable structural injustices. |
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