“The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
This may be updated today thus:
“Likewise, The Law, in its majestic equality, permits the poor, as well as the crony rich, to draft regulations to hurt competition, to beg for corporate welfare on Wall Street, and to steal bread from those of fixed income by debasing currency and cartelizing banking.”