Cesare Beccaria quote

The laws receive their force and authority from an oath of fidelity, either tacit or expressed, which living subjects have sworn to their sovereign, in order to restrain the intestine fermentation of the private interest of individuals.
Cesare Beccaria

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Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
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