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If there were an exact and universal scale of punishments and crimes, we would have a fairly reliable and shared instrument to measure the degree of tyranny and liberty, of the basic humanity or malice of the different nations.
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria
Born: Mar 15, 1738
Died: Nov 28, 1794

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Humanity, Liberty, Tyranny, Degree, Crimes, Punishments, Scale, Reliable, Would, Exact, Shared, Instrument, Fairly, Were, Malice, Nations, Different, Measure, Basic, Universal

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