Reading Rand Barnett's The Structure of Liberty and found the following quote from the medieval poet Abraham Ibn Ezra: "It is a known fact that every kingdom based on justice will stand. Justice is like a building. Injustice is like the cracks in that building, which cause it to fall without a moment's warning." Its what happened to the Shah of Iran celebrating 2500 years of empire and then all of a sudden he isn't.
Abraham Ibn Ezra (1092-1167), as it appears in The Pentatreuch and Hafiorahs, 2nd edition (London: Soncino Press, 1960), p. 856
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