In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.


Ideal empires and republics (ed. 1901)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in...

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in...

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in...

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in...