Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

Topics: Justice Quotes, Punishment Quotes

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him,...

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from...

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from...

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a...

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

The less men think, the more they talk.

The less men think, the more they talk.