Fear is the mind-killer.
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.
Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance.
Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?
But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.