Cesare Beccaria Quote

Famous Quote from Cesare Beccaria,

"False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction"

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Cesare Beccaria (more quotes by Cesare Beccaria or books by/about Cesare Beccaria)

(1735-1794) [Bonesana, Marchese di] Italian nobleman, criminologist, and penal reformer

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Dei delitti e delle pene, [On Crimes and Punishments] ch.38 (1764)
Translation is as quoted by Thomas Jefferson in his _Commonplace Book_, 314 (G. Chinard ed. 1926), which was "the source book and repertory of Jefferson's ideas on government." Id. at 4.

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Courage, Crime, Justice, Knowledge, Politics, Power, Propaganda, Reason, Responsibility, Rights, Security, Terrorism, Truth, Tyranny

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By:	Cesare Beccaria (more quotes by Cesare Beccaria or books by/about Cesare Beccaria)
	(1735-1794) [Bonesana, Marchese di] Italian nobleman, criminologist, and penal reformer
Source:	Dei delitti e delle pene, [On Crimes and Punishments] ch.38 (1764) Translation is as quoted by Thomas Jefferson in his _Commonplace Book_, 314 (G. Chinard ed. 1926), which was "the source book and repertory of Jefferson's ideas on government." Id. at 4.
Categories:	Courage, Crime, Justice, Knowledge, Politics, Power, Propaganda, Reason, Responsibility, Rights, Security, Terrorism, Truth, Tyranny
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