<i>&quot;Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?&quot; said Dr.  Ferris. &quot;We want them broken. You&#x27;d better get it straight that it&#x27;s not a bunch of boy scouts you&#x27;re up against - then you&#x27;ll know that this is not the age of beautiful gestures. We&#x27;re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you&#x27;d better get wise to it.  There&#x27;s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren&#x27;t enough criminals, one &#x27;makes&#x27; them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What&#x27;s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted-and you create a nation of law-breakers and then you cash in on the guilt. Now that&#x27;s the system, Mr. Rearden, that&#x27;s the game, and once you understand it, you&#x27;ll be much easier to deal with.&quot;</i><p>--Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged<p>For a modern improvement on this, look up anarcho-tyranny.