Quote from Benjamin Constant 

"No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws,
whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being..."

Quote by:
Benjamin Constant
[Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque] (1767-1830) Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician.
Source:
Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments (1810) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2003), p. 401-402.
 
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