In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.

The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.

In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.