| Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1750 - 538 páginas
..."f ftatt 1 here are two torts of corruption ; one when afain. the people do not obfente the laws 5 the other when they are corrupted by the laws : an incurable ( / evil, -becaufe it is in the very remedy icfelf. ' *, Impotency of the Laws of "Japan. Vi. 1 /* XCESSIVE punifhments... | |
| Thomas Sheridan - 1756 - 434 páginas
...inevitably be oUf lot.* ' There ' are two forts of corruption ; one, when the peo* pie do not obferve the laws ; the other, when ' they are corrupted by the laws; an incurable ' evil, becaufe it is in the very remedy itfelf.' The antients knew the force and necefllty of the principle... | |
| Thomas Sheridan - 1803 - 222 páginas
...of the laws ; where he fays, " There " are two forts of corruption, one, when men do " not obferve the laws, the other, when they are «« corrupted by the laws : an incurable evil,becau{e' " it is in the very remedy itfelf." And indeed as in that cafe, the evil muft be in-,... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 páginas
...it might please the Gods to turn the hearts of the Athenians from so cruel a thought. \ , There are two sorts of corruption ; one when the people do not...incurable evil, because it is in the very remedy itself. J Xenoph. hist. lib. 3. $ Morals, of thoie »Ao are intrusted with the direction of the state affairs.... | |
| William Roscoe - 1819 - 342 páginas
...uncontrolled by moral rectitude, can invent" " There are two sorts of corruption," says Montesquieu, " the one when the people do not observe the laws, the other...corrupted by the laws; an incurable evil, because it is the very remedy itself." Whilst the revenues of government are thus derived from the crimes of the... | |
| Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1823 - 810 páginas
...that it might phase the Gods to turn the " hearts of the Athenians from so cruel a thought." There are two sorts of corruption ; one when the people do not...incurable evil, because it is in the very remedy itself. CHAP. XIII. • Insufficiency of the Laws of Japan. EXCESSIVE punishments may even corrupt a despotic... | |
| 1835 - 802 páginas
...impunity of criminals, and not from the moderation of punishments ;' he also adds, ' that there are two sorts of corruption ; one when the people do not...incurable evil, because it is in the very remedy itself.' Mr. Clarkson justly observes, that 'As Christians, it seems that we should be influenced by Christian... | |
| 1840 - 594 páginas
...If he is unamiable, it is because he has been mocked and spitefully entreated and spit on. There are two sorts of corruption ; one, when the people do not observe the laws, the other when the people are corrupted by the laws : an incurable evil, because it is in the very remedy itself.... | |
| 1844 - 660 páginas
...been described, is much more dreadful than a sentence of death. Montesquieu observes, that " there are two sorts of corruption — one, when the people do...less certain, that in the Army and the Navy, " les loir auront à punir les crimes quelles auront fait naître." To enforce oppressive usages, or to multiply... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 páginas
...philosophy — corrupt the simplicity of the Christian religion ? 2. There are two sorts of popular corruption ; one, when the people do not observe the...laws; the other, when they are corrupted by the laws. 3. Cesar — added the punishment of confiscation, for this reason ; lest the ricA, by presenting their... | |
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