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...laws, which are, or ought to be, conventions between men in a state of freedom, have been, for the most part the work of the passions of a few...
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Whoever reads, with a philosophic eye, the history of nations, and their laws, will generally find, that the ideas of virtue and vise, of a good or bad citizen, change with the revolution of ages, not in proportion to the alteration of circumstances, and consequently conformable to the common good, but in proportion to the passions and errors by which the different lawgivers were successively influenced.
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If forms of proceeding, written statutes, or other constituents of law, cease to be enforced by the very spirit from which they arose; they serve only to cover, not to restrain, the iniquities of power: they are possibly respected even by the corrupt magistrate, when they favor his purpose; but they are contemned or evaded, when they stand in his way.
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When rulers are set up, tyranny arises; when officials are estabilshed, thieves are born. You idly ordain rites and laws to bind the lowly common people.
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It is not difficult, indeed, to see the absurdity of naming a few men and saying to them, "Make laws regulating all our spheres of activity, although not one of you knows anything about them!"
Chronology :
March 12, 2020 : Laws -- Added.
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