Quotation from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Told that the law holds him responsible for his wife's actions in selling the locket, Bumble protests in one of the most quoted lines in the novel.

Citation: "the law is a ass—a idiot." — Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter LI (Project Gutenberg #730 text). (id oliver-twist-q6)

Portrait: Dickens Gurney head, Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain.

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