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Quote from Benjamin Constant,


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


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Benjamin Constant (more quotes by Benjamin Constant or books by/about 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.

Categories:

Disobedience, Dissent, Honor, Individualism, Integrity, Justice, Law, Resistance

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